After a very very long time here I am again traveling with my camera. Visiting holy places always brings a lot of new perspective to day to day life. Today my journey was to Dakshineswar Kali Temple the holy place where a normal priest became Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
The temple architecture is the splendid Bengali 'Navaratna' style I have always been seeing these structures on pandals or in movies and never seen in south India. So, today was my first glimpse of such beautiful design.
As entering the compound of the shrine on the left side we can see a series of small temples in a block dedicated to Lord Krishna in various avatars. Then we get to the main building which has the goddess in beautiful majestic form.
On the whole it was a very satisfying trip through the places where saints are born(enlightened) and where spirituality takes its strength to survive.
Do make a trip if you are visiting Kolkata next time.....
The temple architecture is the splendid Bengali 'Navaratna' style I have always been seeing these structures on pandals or in movies and never seen in south India. So, today was my first glimpse of such beautiful design.
As I walk through I find the statue of the patriotic saint of modern India - Swami Vivekananda.
As entering the compound of the shrine on the left side we can see a series of small temples in a block dedicated to Lord Krishna in various avatars. Then we get to the main building which has the goddess in beautiful majestic form.
I find a very vivid relation between the traditional Bengali light colored sari with red border and the temple coloration. And the intricate designs on the arches and the top of the nine-spires.
And opposite to the main temple is the Ganges. People take a dip in the holy river and come in for the darshan. Now it does not look that holy to me. So i just dipped my toes.
Here is the building where Ramakrishna used to live for most of his life and used to be in the room facing the Ganges.
Do make a trip if you are visiting Kolkata next time.....
