📍 Temple📍 Pilgrimage🛕 Religious

Kalighat Kali Temple

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Overview

One of the 51 Shakti Peethas — where Sati's toes fell — and the temple that likely gave Calcutta its name.

Why visit: The city's oldest, most intense centre of Kali worship.

Things to do

›Shakti Peetha darshan
›Old Kalighat pat painting lanes

Darshan

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar; avoid peak Saturday crowds

Entry fee

Free

Hours

5:00 AM – 10:30 PM

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1–2 hrs

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