Kripamayee Kali Temple

Kripamayee Kali Temple কৃপাময়ী কালী মন্দির

Kripamayee Kali Temple কৃপাময়ী কালী মন্দির Location in West Bengal
Name
Other names	Jay Mitra Kalibari
Proper name	Kripamayee Kali Temple
Geography
Coordinates	22°39′18″N 88°21′28″E / 22.65500°N 88.35778°E / 22.65500; 88.35778 ()Coordinates: 22°39′18″N 88°21′28″E / 22.65500°N 88.35778°E / 22.65500; 88.35778 ()
Country	India
State	Paschimbanga
Location	Baranagar
Culture
Primary deity	Kali
Architecture
Architectural styles	Bengal architecture
History and governance
Date built	1848
Creator	Jayram Mitra

Kripamayee Kali Temple (Bengali: কৃপাময়ী কালী মন্দির Kripamôyee Kali Môndir), commonly known as Jay Mitra Kalibari (Bengali: জয় মিত্র কালীবাড়ি, Jôy Mitrô Kalibari ), is a Hindu temple located on the eastern banks of Hooghly river at Baranagar (near Kolkata) in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of Paschimbanga (West Bengal). The presiding deity of the temple is Kripamayee ("She who is merciful"), a form of Kali. The temple was built in 1848 by Jayram Mitra, a famous zamindar and a devotee of Kali. It is a colossal nabaratna (nine-spired) temple with twelve shrines dedicated to Shiva, Kali’s consort.^[1]

Notes

↑ Roy, Diptimoy (2001). Paschimbanger Kali O Kalikshetra [Kali and Kali Temples in West Bengal] (in Bengali). Kolata: Mondal Book House. pp. 64–65.

North 24 Parganas district topics

General

Subdivisions

Municipalities

Community development blocks

Barasat Sadar subdivision	Amdanga Deganga Barasat I Barasat II Habra I Habra II Rajarhat

Basirhat subdivision	Baduria Basirhat I Basirhat II Haroa Hasnabad Hingalganj Minakhan Sandeshkhali I Sandeshkhali II Swarupnagar

Bangaon subdivision	Bagdah Bangaon Gaighata

Barrackpore subdivision	Barrackpore I Barrackpore II

Rivers

Transport

Railway stations

Institutes of higher learning

Lok Sabha constituencies

Vidhan Sabha constituencies

Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies

See also

Cities, towns and locations in North 24 Parganas district
People from North 24 Parganas district

Hindu Temples in West Bengal

Bankura	Temples in Bishnupur Bahulara Siddheshwara

Bardhaman	Kalyaneshwari Temple Khaepa Kali Tala Pratapeswar Temple Naba Kailash (108 Shib Mandir) Krishna Chandra Mandir Siddheswari Kali Mandir Gopalbari Mandir Lalji Mandir

Birbhum	Nandikeshwari Temple Tarapith

Hooghly	Ananta Basudeba Temple Hangseshwari Temple Taraknath Temple Rampara Kalibari Jagatnagar kalibari

Howrah	Belur Math Madangopal Jiu Temple

Jalpaiguri

Kolkata	Birla Mandir Kalighat Thanthania Kalibari Firinghi Kalibari Lal Mandir Dwadosh Shib Mandir Lake Kalibari

Nadia	Mayapur ISKCON Temple Sonar Gouranga Mandir, Nabadwip Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip Dwadash Shib Mandir, Nabadwip Siddheshwari Kalibari, Krishnanagar Shyama Chand Mandir, Shantipur Nandakishore Mandir, Halisahar Rathtala Mandir, Kanchrapara

North 24 Parganas	Dakshineswar Kali Temple Kripamayee Kali Temple Adyapith Mandir Teghoria Loknath Mandir

Medinipur	Mohanpur Jagannath temple

Centres	Antpur Bakreshwar Barakar Bansberia Bishnupur Harmasra Dharapat Ekteswar Gangasagar Jaydev Kenduli Kalna Kamarpukur Kankalitala Labhpur Mainaguri Makardaha Mayapur Nabadwip Rajbalhat Sonatapal Tarapith Tarakeswar

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