A complex of trees consisting of banyan (বট boṭ), peepal (অশ্বত্থ oshwottho), neem (নিম nim), amla (আমলকী āmlokī) and woodapple (বেল bel) trees. This is where Ramakrishna performed his advaitic sādhonā in 1865.
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The shrine dedicated to Rani Rashmoni, the founder of the temple.
দক্ষিণেশ্বর কালীবাড়ি Dokhyiṇeshwor Kālībāṛi
The famous Hindu navaratna (nine-pinnacled) temple dedicated to Goddess Kali, who is worshipped here as Ma Bhavatarini. The temple was inaugurated by Rani Rashmoni in 1855, and Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was the head and only priest of it from 1856 to 1886. He spent most of his life in the nahabat khānā (corruption of naubat xānā, meaning "drum house") chamber of the temple complex. After Ramakrishna's death, the temple complex had been taken over by the then-Government of Bengal, later the Government of West Bengal. It attracts thousands of worshipers around the year, especially on the day of Shyama Puja, Shiva Chaturdashi, Poyla Boishakh, Akshaya Tritiya, New Year's Day and Kalpataru Utsava. Beside the main temple, there are twelve shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva along the Hooghly River and a bathing ghat.
Daily ritual worships are performed here by the nuns. The birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, and other personalities are celebrated in this nunnery, besides the Hindu festivals. Religious discourse and lectures are also done regularly.
বিবেকানন্দ সেতু Bibekānondo Setu
A 880 m long rail-cum-road bridge, commonly known as Bally Bridge (বালি ব্রিজ Bāli Brij). See the Bally listing for details.
নিবেদিতা সেতু Nibeditā Setu
A multi-span extradosed bridge, named after a disciple of Swami Vivekananda. See the Bally listing for details.
আদ্যাপীঠ মন্দির Ādyāpīṭh Mondir
A three-pinnacled temple dedicated to goddess Adya, and the centre of a major religious controversy. It is said that Annada Thakur received a divine command that goddess Adya was buried under the Eden Gardens for thousands of years. He went there in 1928 and allegedly saw the statue of the goddess coming out from the ground. He consecrated the statue as the idol of this temple. But archaeologist Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay found that the statue was sculpted recently and not thousands of years ago, as Annada Thakur claimed. Later, many people got enraged to Thakur's deception, and the devotees of the goddess decided to immerse the statue to the Ganges to prevent further fury. The sanctum of the temple remained void till the consecration of the present idol.