FREE KALI: THE BLACK GODDESS OF DAKSHINESWAR PDF Elizabeth U. Harding | 352 pages | 08 Jul 2004 | Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. | 9780892540259 | English | York Beach, United States Dakshineswar Kali Temple - Wikipedia Subscribe for Newsletters and Discounts. Be the first to receive our thoughtfully written religious articles and product discounts. Your interests Optional. This will help us make recommendations and send discounts and sale information at times. Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar products. Audio Video. By registering, you may receive account related information, our email newsletters and product updates, no more than twice a month. Please read our Privacy Policy for details. By subscribing, you will receive our email newsletters and product updates, no more than twice a month. All emails will be sent by Exotic India using the email address info exoticindia. Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar our website with your friends. Pages from the book. Kali - The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar. Item Code:. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Look Inside the Book. Be the first to rate this product. Add to Wishlist. Send as free online greeting card. You will be informed as and when your card is viewed. Please note that your card will be active in the system for 30 days. Viewed times since 24th Sep, Preface Kali, the Divine Mother, has been largely misunderstood in the West. As a result, people have labeled her as something evil rather than a source of joy. Up close, the concept of Kali is no more startling than the Christian practice of partaking of Christ's body and drinking his blood during communion. This book attempts to clarify who Kali is and to make the reader feel what it is like to be in India and experience Kali. What does Kali mean to me? In order to read this book, one does not have to be familiar with Hindu philosophy. I have tried to acquaint the reader with the Hindu concept of God, the Mother, through stories, historic references, an overview of traditional philosophy, and vivid descriptions of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple-the place and its people. The reader becomes the pilgrim, sharing the excitement and preparation of other pilgrims on the way to see the Divine Mother Kali. Besides getting a glimpse of the Hindu attitude toward this Mother Goddess, one gets useful information about customs at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple- what to do when one arrives there and why. The third chapter explains the symbolism of Kali and how she is seen by people from different cultures, following different philosophies. It gives a detailed description of the Dakshineswar Kali image and her inner shrine, which is off limits for most people. It looks at the Mother Goddess according to Tantric and Vedantic views. An ongoing commentary by Sri Ramakrishna taken from The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishnathe Kali saint who lived in Dakshineswar, helps the reader perceive the Goddess in her Mother aspect. The fourth chapter is dedicated to the worship of Kali, the general concept of Hindu worship and the worship as it is performed at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple-on a daily basis and on special occasions. I found it impossible to write about the Dakshineswar Kali Temple without mentioning Rani Rasmani, the woman who built it. She was a great devotee of Kali. She was very beautiful and, though born poor and of low caste, married an Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar rich man. Upon his death, she decided to take on the responsibility of managing his vast wealth and to build a temple to her beloved Mother Kali. This took tremendous courage since the time was the early s, when women, especially those of low caste, had no place in society except beside their husbands. The Rani's view was catholic-she built a Vishnu temple Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar twelve Shiva temples in the same compound. Kali and Vishnu followers often do not get along- Shaktas eat meat while Vaishnavites are strict vegetarians. The last chapter is devoted entirely Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar Kali's mystics, the people who attained the highest realization by worshipping Kali. Though the saints mentioned in this chapter lived mostly in West Bengal in India, their colorful lives, their convictions, and their approach toward the ups and downs of life have a global appeal. The absence of Westerners among Kali saints in this book does not indicate that great devotees of Kali can only be found in India. The more I learn about this Great Goddess, the more I feel my understanding of her has just begun and will continue, per- haps, a lifetime. Post a Comment. Post a Query. For privacy concerns, please view our Privacy Policy. Based on your browsing history. 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The temple compound, apart from the nine-spired main temple, contains a large courtyard surrounding the temple, with rooms along the boundary walls. There are twelve shrines dedicated to Shiva —Kali's companion—along the riverfront, a temple to Radha - Krishnaa bathing ghat on the river, a shrine dedicated to Rani Rashmoni. Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar the yearRashmoni prepared to go upon a long pilgrimage to the sacred Hindu city of Kashi to express her devotions to the Divine Mother. Rani was to travel in twenty-four boats, carrying relatives, servants, and supplies. There is no need to go to Banaras. Install my statue in a beautiful temple on the banks of the Ganges river and arrange for my worship there. Then I shall manifest myself in the image and accept worship at that place. Profoundly affected by the dream, Rani immediately looked for and purchased a 30,acre plot in the village of Dakhineswar. The large temple complex was built between and The idol of Goddess Kali was installed on the Snana Yatra day on 31 May amid festivities at the temple formally known as Sri Sri Jagadishwari Mahakaliwith Ramkumar Chhattopadhyay as the head priest. Soon his younger brother Gadai or Gadadhar later known as Ramakrishna moved in and so did his nephew Hriday to assist him. The next year, Ramkumar Chattopadhyay died, and the position was given to Ramakrishna along with his wife Sarada Deviwho stayed in the south side of the Nahabat music room in a small room on the ground floor, which is now a shrine dedicated to her. Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar was responsible for bringing much in the way of both fame and pilgrims to the temple. Rani Rashmoni lived for only five years and nine months after the inauguration of the temple. She fell seriously ill in Realizing that her death was near, she decided to hand over the property she had purchased in Dinajpur now in Bangladesh as a legacy for the maintenance of the temple to the temple trust. She accomplished her task on 18 February and died on the next day. The garbha griha sanctum sanctorum houses an idol of goddess Kali, known as Bhavatarinistanding on the chest of a supine Shivaand the two idols are placed on a thousand-petaled lotus throne made of silver. Close to the main temple are the row of twelve identical Shiva temples built facing the east in the typical aat-chala Bengal architecture, they are built on either side of the Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar on the Hooghly river. The name of the idol of Kali worshiped in the temple is Bhavatarini. Shown here, is a picture of the deity adorned with priceless jewelleries and other accessories. Ramakrishna came to the temple inas an assistant to his elder brother, Ramkumar, the head priest, a job he took over the next year, after Ramkumar's death.