Kalighat is a temple devoted to the goddess Kali in modern-day Calcutta's southern part.
This temple is hundreds of years old and is regarded one of
Calcutta's most prominent temples.
The name of the city is said to be an anglicized form of the
temple's name.
According to local legend, Kalighat is one of the Shakti
Pithas, a network of holy locations dedicated to the Goddess.
Each Shakti Pitha commemorates the location where a piece of
the goddess Sati's severed corpse fell to earth and took on the shape of a new
goddess; in the case of Kalighat, the body part was one of Sati's toes.
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