skdel2016
★★★★★5.0Wrote on 26 Dec 2023
One of The Shakti Peetha at Kolkata, Must take blessings
One of the shakti peetha , earlier it was at the bank of Ganga/ Hugli river Now at Kalighat - lake Garden Area of Kolkata. The temple is being renovated . Avoid to Go on Tues day, saturday, Sunday , Navratra and Kalipuja due to heavy Rush . Have blessings of Maa.. It is believed that Kolkata is on blessings of maa..
sanju_222323
★★★3.0Wrote on 12 Nov 2023
Priests are ruining the experience...
Regarded as one of the holiest of the 51 Shakti Peeths on Earth, the Kalighat Kali Temple is a must-visit place in Kolkata due to its history. It is a sacred ghat on the Hooghly River in Kolkata. According to the legends, the right toe of the Goddess Sati fell here when Lord Vishnu cut the corpse of Goddess Sati into 51 pieces with his Sudarshan Chakra. Lord Vishnu took this step to save the Universe from the anger of Lord Shiva. In the northeast of this sanctum, there is a Shiva Temple. There is one more shrine dedicated to Radha Krishna. The main attraction of this temple lies in the image of Goddess Kali who bears a long-protruded tongue made out of gold. what I did not like was- their panda (priests) culture. It's simple torture. there is no regulation and now I am supporting the " special puja process in various temples across India", at least the price is fixed, when the puja is done, that is fixed unlike here. here in Sanctum, these morons' priests won't even let you see Maa kali, they will simply ask you to give 100, 200, 500 and then they will "arrange darshan for you". they even obstructed the view of Maa Kali. it was a frustrating experience... and don't let me start on Queue and how people break it and how pandas (priests) arrange darshan for their clients through the exit door... it's all chaos there. and that was not a good experience... my mother-in-law is not in favor of going to this temple because of this reason- I guess locals don't prefer and they go to Dakishneshwar just due to Priest's behavior... I guess like Vishwanath temple, authority/ government is making a corridor - that's good
891harin
★1.0Wrote on 16 Oct 2023
Jai Mahakali
We went to Kolkata only to have darshan of Maha Kali in this temple at Alipore. Literally manhandled by the so-called Poojaris who demand cash for each activity. It was really a horrible experience. Temple surrounding was also in pathetic conditions. Don't know why Devi tolerating such evil people. There is no respect for you and family with you. A historic temple is trated so badly...It is shameful. Rather, visit Dakshineswar temple.
Priya_4578
★★2.0Wrote on 6 Oct 2023
Scam inside kalighat
I was not aware of the scam there...so got ripped .It was not a pleasant experience,even inside the temple they were demanding to offer specific amount of.money..not.less than that.They were so rude,it was not worth it
Ilovtravell
★★2.0Wrote on 18 Aug 2023
Some Duplicate Pujari making fraud business
Very Bad experience because of some fraud people (Duplicate Pujari). I am very lucky to see Maa Kali, great place, I don't have complaint about Mandir or Maa but to be honest some priest (duplicate pujari) I think dalal spoiling this temple requtation day by day, they are making emotionally trapped with darsanarthi and taking huge money. You need to carry minimum 12-15 thousands INR in your pocket to see Maa Kali only. Every pujari during Mantra, they will and later on will say give 2500 for Maa, another place 2100, 5100, VIP gate entry 200 etc. They'll be tell give to maa, mix your son/daughter/family like emotionally blackmail, it will be very difficult for darsanarthi like us to say No because our heart is clean and We don't want urguement on auspicious day specially on mandir place. Sometime I feel online puja is much better than this trap. I hope mandir management need to make a rules to pay in one counter and give coupon including Prasad, pujari payment,dakshina other wise so many people in the middle will spoil this Kalighat reputation. I was very sad to see very pathetic experience. Mata ji ka samne fraud. I hope Maa Kali sab cheating fraud people ko saja jarur dega
