Hinduism: Details about 'Dakshineswar'
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Dakshineswar, a small place situated alongside the Vivekananda Setu, in the Hooghly district, north of Calcutta, on the East bank of Hoogli River, is famous for its temples. In 1847, Rani (Queen) Rasmani of Bengal wanted to go upon a pilgrimage to the sacred city of Banaras to express her devotions to the Divine Mother Kali. The Goddess appeared in her dream and asked her to erect her temple in Bengal itself. Rani immediately looked for and purchased land there and immediately arranged for the construction of the temple. The 12- spired temple, built between 1847 and 1855, with its enormous courtyard has a shrine of the goddess Kali and is surrounded by 12 other temples dedicated to Lord Shiva and Radha-Krishna. A scholarly and elderly sage was chosen as the head priest and the temple was consecrated in 1855. Within the year this priest died and his responsibility passed to his younger brother, Sri Ramakrishna, who over the next thirty years would bring great fame to the Dakshineswar temple.Ramakrishna did not serve for long as temple's head priest however. One of the famous visitors to this temple includes Keshab Chandra Sen. There is also another famous temple in Dakshineswar - the Adyapeeth . On the West bank of Hoogli River (almost across Dakshineswar), is Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1886. Also see Dakshineswar Kali Temple Dakshineswar
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