| Temples & Legends of Bengal |
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THE KALIGHAT TEMPLE |
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| The Brahman
searched and found a Swambhu Lingam of Nakuleshwar Bhairav image Nearabout. The Brahmin
took the toe and put it near the image of Nakul- eshwar and started worshipping them. it
is said the name of the Brahmin was Atma Ram. There
is another story that Santosh Roy Choudhurys of the Sabarna family was passing by the
Bhagirathi River in a boat in the evening when he was attracted by the bowling of the
conch shell inside thejungle. He got interested and stopped the boat. Following direction
of the sound of the conch shell, he came to a very thick part of the forest and found that
a Brahmachari was doing Arti to the image of Kali. Santosh Roy Choudhurys himself was a
worshipper of Shakti and he worshipped Kali Devi. Since then he started worshipp- ing Kali
there regularly and ultimately built the temple for the installation of the image. |
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