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Kālī Bāṛi Temple, Shimla
Also known as Kali Bari Shimla
The Kālī Bāṛi on the slope below the Mall, founded in 1845 by Bengali civil servants of the colonial Shimla administration who missed the Kālīghāṭ temple at Calcutta. The presiding deity Śyāmā Kālī was later re-identified with Śyāmalā — the local Pahari form after whom the hill of 'Śyāmalā' was Anglicised to 'Shimla'. The Durgā and Kālī Pūjā festivals here are the oldest continuous Bengali rites in Himachal.
- Periods
- British Colonial Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 31.102, 77.171
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- Site withinShimla
The Kālī Bāṛi below the Mall was founded in 1845 by Bengali civil servants of the colonial Shimla administration who missed Kālīghāṭ. The deity Śyāmā Kālī was later re-identified with Śyāmalā, the local Pahari form after whom the hill of 'Śyāmalā' was Anglicised to 'Shimla'. The Durgā and Kālī Pūjā here are the oldest continuous Bengali rites in Himachal.
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