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Brooklyn Daily Eagle — 2014
Article · English · Open access
Report on objections to Chitra Ganesh's 60-foot Kali mural at the Brooklyn Museum.
Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Original source or repositoryGupte, B. A. — 1919
Book · English · Open access
Encyclopaedic guide to Hindu festivals including Kali Puja and Kali Chaudas.
Source: Cornell University Library copy, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryHafer, Leana — 2012
Article · English · Open access
The 2012 dispute over Kali as a playable character in Smite.
Source: PC Gamer
Original source or repositoryDubois, J. A.; Beauchamp, H. K. (trans.) — 1906 (3rd ed.)
Book · English · Open access
French missionary's classic account, including goddess worship and blood sacrifice.
Source: Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryM. Hadi Tezokur — 2019
Article · Turkish · Open access
A Turkish-language overview of Kali within Shaktism, discussing her relationship with Shakti, her maternal and destructive characteristics, and interpretations of her iconography. The article brings together accounts of worship, temples, offerings, and the goddess’s relationships with other Hindu deities. Its bibliography includes English-language scholarship, religious studies reference works, an
Source: Dicle Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
Original source or repositoryVertovec, Steven — 1993
Article · English · Open access
Survey of Kali Mai Puja and related goddess cults among Indo-Caribbean Hindus.
Source: Etnolog 3, pp. 179-194 (Slovene Ethnographic Museum)
Original source or repositoryW. J. Wilkins — 1900
Book · English · Open access
Wilkins surveys Vedic and Puranic deities, narratives, images and worship in a richly organized historical handbook. The chapter on Uma treats forms of Shiva's consort, including Kali, and gives descriptions of her appearance and stories connected with the goddess. Because Kali is placed beside other goddess forms, the work can support a historical reception shelf and a comparison of name use in E
Source: Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta; W. Thacker & Co., London
Original source or repositoryMorinis, E. Alan — 1981 CE
Article · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18. Section: Scholarly Works.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repositoryLyall, Alfred Comyn — 1911
Reference · English · Open access
Britannica survey of Hinduism, with its discussion of Kali and Shakta worship.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryHeinz Scheifinger — 2006-09
Dissertation · English · Open access
This dissertation investigates how early internet use reshaped Hindu worship, religious authority and relationships between devotees and sacred places. Combining website analysis with interviews at Indian temples and with online puja-service operators, Scheifinger examines whether digitally mediated religion changes the importance of bodily presence, divine images and local ritual settings. Its su
Source: University of Warwick, Department of Sociology; Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP)
Original source or repositoryJames Samuel Bradbury — 2019
Dissertation · English · Open access
University of Manchester doctoral thesis on religion and secular governance in Kolkata; its discussion of Kali Puja is a bounded part of a larger study of political and festive life.
Source: pure.manchester.ac.uk
Original source or repositoryR. Subrata (TNI) — 2015
Article · English · Open access
Reopening of a Kali temple founded by the poet Mukunda Das.
Source: Times of North
Original source or repositoryAritra Biswas — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Explores nineteenth-century Patua painting linked to Kalighat temple, religious images, commercialization, and modern revival. Different authorship and scope from the previously cataloged Rise and Fall of Kalighat Paintings.
Source: Journal of History and Archaeology 1(1), 65-77
Original source or repositoryBusk, Rachel Harriette — 1873
Book · English · Open access
Vikramaditya obtains an apparition of the goddess Kali.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositorySen, Dinesh Chandra — 1911
Book · English · Open access
Classic literary history with treatment of the Shakta poets and Ramprasad.
Source: Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryDakshineswar Kali Temple — Date not established
Reference · English · Open access
The temple's own account of its founding by Rani Rashmoni, 1847-1861.
Source: Dakshineswar Kali Temple (official site)
Original source or repositoryRajendran, Abhilash — 2023
Article · English · Open access
Rani Rashmoni's dream and the founding of Dakshineswar.
Source: Hindu Blog
Original source or repositoryDutt, Romesh Chunder (contrib.) — 1906
Book · English · Open access
On Rudra becoming the Puranic Shiva, consort of Durga or Kali.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryRajendran, Abhilash — 2020
Article · English · Open access
Kali's dance contest with Shiva at Chidambaram.
Source: Hindu Blog
Original source or repositoryToronto Kalibari — 2017
Reference · English · Open access
Temple history from 1984 home gatherings to the Mississauga Kalibari.
Source: Toronto Kalibari (temple website)
Original source or repositoryexchange4media — 2019
Article · English · Open access
Notice of a 2019 TV documentary on the Dakshineswar temple, Rani Rashmoni and Ramakrishna.
Source: exchange4media
Original source or repositoryYule, Henry; Burnell, A. C. — 1903
Reference · English · Open access
Glossary entry deriving Mysore from Mahishasura, 'slain by the goddess Durga or Kali'.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryYule, Henry; Burnell, A. C. — 1903
Reference · English · Open access
Glossary quotation on Pariah drummers performing decapitation at 'Badra Kali sacrifices'.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryThurston, Edgar; Rangachari, K. — 1909
Reference · English · Open access
Entry on the Holeyas, with notes on their goddess rites.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryMalabari, Behramji — 1882
Book · English · Open access
Parsi reformer's account of Gujarati festivals including Kali Chaudas.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryAcri, Andrea — 2021
Article · English · Open access
Fierce Durga/Kali-type goddesses and cremation-ground imagery in Old Javanese and Balinese tantric art.
Source: Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient 107 (Persée)
Original source or repositoryAuthor unrecorded — Date not recorded
Article · English · Open access
A museum perspective on Kali lithography and devotional imagery. Listed in the temple's existing Scrolls references; author and publication date have not yet been catalogued.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Original source or repositoryColin Robinson — 2022 online
Article · English · Open access
Complete original eyewitness description of urban Kali celebrations and practices.
Source: Kali Mandir
Original source or repositoryDharma Renaissance — n.d.
Article · English · Open access
Essay on Kali as Calcutta's patron goddess.
Source: Dharma Renaissance (blog)
Original source or repositoryDatta, Damayanti — 2019
Article · English · Open access
On the foods and drinks linked to Kali across India.
Source: Outlook Poshan
Original source or repositoryJamsie Naidoo (narrator); Stephanos Stephanides (collector/editor) — 1998
Reference · English · Open access
Complete, short recorded oral account in Guyanese Creole with English translation. The speaker recounts a remembered story about migrant prayer, illness, the Mother, and the establishment of Kali Puja; this is oral history, not independently corroborated colonial chronology.
Source: Links & Letters 5, pp.249-250, within the complete Margins section
Original source or repositoryHosein, Gabrielle — 2023
Article · English · Open access
A Carnival masquerader invokes Kali Mai through the jab jab character.
Source: Global Voices (from Trinidad and Tobago Newsday)
Original source or repositoryOutlook — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Explainer on Kali Puja rites and meaning.
Source: Outlook
Original source or repositoryBhattacharya, Ahana — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Local legends of the Simlagarh Kali temple near Pandua (folklore, not documented history).
Source: The CSR Journal
Original source or repositoryWoodroffe, John (Arthur Avalon) — 1958 CE
Book · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18. Section: Primary Texts, Editions, and Translations.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repositoryArthur Avalon (John Woodroffe), translator; Vimalānanda Svāmī, introduction and commentary — 1922
Book · English · Open access
This volume gives the twenty-two-verse Karpūrādi-stotra together with explanatory material and Vimalānanda Svāmī's commentary. The hymn is traditionally voiced by Mahākāla and addressed to Dakṣiṇā Kālikā. The edition follows the verses individually, unpacking expressions concerning the Mother, her relationship with Shiva, iconography, mantra, meditative identification and liberation. The first ver
Source: Luzac & Co., London
Original source or repositoryAuthor unrecorded — Date not recorded
Reference · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18. Section: Parallel Editions and Access Records.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repositoryAuthor unrecorded — Date not recorded
Reference · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18. Section: Parallel Editions and Access Records.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repositoryArthur Avalon (John Woodroffe), translator/compiler — 1913
Book · English · Open access
This anthology brings English translations of goddess hymns into one volume with introductions and explanatory notes. Its sources include the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra, Devī Bhāgavata, Caṇḍī, Mahābhārata, Harivaṃśa, and hymns associated with Śaṅkara. The collection begins with Ādyā Kālī material and extends to such figures as Tārā, Bhairavī, Bhuvaneśvarī, Durgā, Annapūrṇā, Sarasvatī and Mahālakṣmī. It is
Source: Luzac & Co., London
Original source or repositoryLindsay, Vachel — 1922
Poetry · English · Open access
Lindsay poem with a line about killing 'in Kali's name'.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositorySwami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) — 2022 online
Article · English · Open access
Complete first-person essay about sacred forms and personal experiences including Kali shrine practice in Ranchi.
Source: Kali Mandir
Original source or repositoryNalini Kanta Bhattasali — 1929
Book · English · Open access
Foundational study of Bengal sculpture. Includes a dedicated illustrated Chamunda section beginning on printed p.207, tracing her origin in the Devi Mahatmya, varieties described in Sanskrit texts, and surviving museum images; also discusses Ugra-Tara and other Shakta forms.
Source: Dacca: Rai S. N. Bhadra Bahadur, Honorary Secretary, Dacca Museum Committee
Original source or repositoryWest Bengal Pollution Control Board — Date not recorded
Reference · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18. Section: Institutional, Archival, and Web Sources.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repositoryThornton, Edward — 1837
Book · English · Open access
Compilation of East India Company material on thuggee and its Kali/Bhavani associations.
Source: Internet Archive (Google Books scan)
Original source or repositoryReshma Daya Chhiba — 2013
Dissertation · English · Open access
Studies Kali in contemporary art, female defiance, Sutapa Biswas, Chila Kumari Burman, and the author's South African Indian artistic practice.
Source: University of the Witwatersrand
Original source or repositoryDAG Editorial Team — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Art-historical overview of Kalighat's mythology, architecture and changing reputation.
Source: DAG (art gallery journal)
Original source or repositoryVivian Kondos (also published as Vivienne Kondos) — 1985
Article · English · Open access
Kondos examines how the fierce mother goddess, especially Kali, has been interpreted in anthropological and psychoanalytic writing. The article challenges readings that treat terrifying imagery and blood sacrifice chiefly as expressions of male anxiety about mothers. Drawing on Nepalese religious understandings, ritual descriptions and Sanskrit textual interpretations, it argues that ferocity can
Source: Kailash — Digital Himalaya archive
Original source or repositoryAnkita Pati; Raj Sekhar Choudhury — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Examines tribal contributions to temple iconography including Chamunda and related fierce goddess forms.
Source: ISVS e-journal
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