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Siddheshwari Kali Mandir
Kalna, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal · 23.2263°, 88.3590°
Kali as SiddheshwariBurdwan zamindariJor-bangla (Bengal)
Sacred since
1740 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1740
Burdwan zamindari
History & significance
A Shakta temple in north-eastern Kalna near the Bhagirathi-Hooghly, built in 1740 by Chitrasen Roy, a zamindar of Burdwan, and regarded as a fine example of jor-bangla architecture; five 18th-century Shiva temples stand in the same compound and the image of the goddess, about five feet tall, is carved from neem wood.