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Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata, West Bengal · 22.5808°, 88.3656°
A Kali temple on Bidhan Sarani older than the city of Kolkata itself, founded in 1703 by the tantrik Uday Narayan Brahmachari and re-established in 1806 by the businessman Shankar Ghosh, whose descendants remain its custodians. The 1806 rebuilding added the ath-chala Pushpeswar Shiv Mandir.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The name Thanthania is said to come from the than-than sound of the temple bells that travellers once heard through the surrounding forest.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Pre-colonial, refounded in the colonial era
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