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The Metropolitan Museum of Art — n.d.
Museum record · English · Open access
The museum describes a late nineteenth-century Kali print whose Bengali wording also invokes commercial products. The record therefore supports research on the contact between devotional imagery and advertising, rather than a simple division between sacred pictures and the marketplace. Complete object metadata accompanies the interpretive text. It is particularly useful for the library’s material
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Original source or repository
Swami Harshananda — n.d.
Reference · English · Open access
Ramakrishna Order encyclopedist's entry on the symbolism of Kali's form.
Source: Hindupedia (from The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism)
Original source or repository
Weltmuseum Wien — n.d.
Museum record · English · Open access
Vienna museum object record for an image of Kali.
Source: Weltmuseum Wien, object 547011
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Author unrecorded — Date not recorded
Article · English · Open access
An introductory reference on Kali, her mythology, iconography, and worship. Migrated from the temple's Scrolls references; consult the source for the current byline and publication details.
Source: World History Encyclopedia
Original source or repository
Author unrecorded — Date not recorded
Reference · English · Restricted
Dictionary reference on Kali from the temple's existing Scrolls collection. Consult the publisher for edition-specific bibliographic metadata and access.
Source: Oxford Reference
Original source or repository
Author unrecorded — Date not recorded
Museum record · English · Metadata only
A Kali-related object record from the temple's Scrolls references. The museum identifier is not a publication or creation date; consult the source for object-level details.
Source: The British Museum
Original source or repository
Author unrecorded — Date not recorded
Bibliography · English · Restricted
A scholarly bibliography on Kali listed among the temple's existing references. Publisher access may require a subscription; consult the linked record for author, edition, and revision details.
Source: Oxford University Press
Original source or repository
Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.) — 1911
Reference · English · Open access
Public-domain encyclopedia entry; useful as a snapshot of early-20th-century Western framing of Kali and Kalighat.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repository
Scan the World — 2026
Museum record · English · Open access
Open 3D model (GLB/USDZ) of a Kali sculpture from the Scan the World project.
Source: Zenodo (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Devi, Baua — 1977
Museum record · English · Open access
Ink drawing of Kali by Baua Devi of Madhubani.
Source: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.670
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Devi, Baua — 1977
Museum record · English · Open access
Mithila (Madhubani) painting of Kali in natural pigments by the noted artist Baua Devi.
Source: Seattle Art Museum, 2021.32.1
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Unknown (Bengal) — 19th c.
Museum record · English · Open access
19th-century Bengali Kali object in the V&A.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Unknown (Tamil Nadu) — 900s-1000s
Museum record · English · Open access
Chola-period Kali from Tamil Nadu.
Source: Cleveland Museum of Art
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Unknown (Deccan) — 1800-1875
Museum record · English · Open access
Copper-alloy folk Kali from the Deccan.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Unknown (Moti Bazar, Mumbai) — 1951-2000
Museum record · English · Open access
Bazaar print of Kali standing on Shiva holding a demon's head.
Source: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, museum-digital
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Unknown (India) — 20th c.
Museum record · English · Open access
Lost-wax cast brass Kali.
Source: Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida
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BBC Radio 4; Melvyn Bragg with Bihani Sarkar and guests — 2025
Audio · English · Open access
57-minute scholarly discussion of Kali's origins, theology and global worship, with reading list.
Source: BBC Radio 4, In Our Time (27 March 2025)
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Unknown — late 19th c.
Museum record · English · Open access
Late-19th-century Kali in the V&A.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Dine, Jim — 1999
Museum record · English · Open access
American artist Jim Dine's book of Kali poems and etchings (Enitharmon Press).
Source: Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2003.77.2
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Unknown (Calcutta) — late 19th-early 20th c.
Museum record · English · Open access
Watercolour with polished tin highlights from the Kalighat bazaar tradition.
Source: Brooklyn Museum
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Unknown (Kalighat) — c. 1890
Museum record · English · Open access
Black-faced, three-eyed Kali with red tongue and severed head; detailed description.
Source: Cleveland Museum of Art
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Unknown (Kalighat) — c. 1890
Museum record · English · Open access
Companion Kalighat image to the library's Cleveland Kali leaves.
Source: Cleveland Museum of Art
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Unknown (Kalighat) — c. 1890
Museum record · English · Open access
Four-armed Kali holding a severed head; opaque watercolour and tin alloy.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1850
Museum record · English · Open access
Early Kalighat watercolour of Kali with tin alloy.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1865
Museum record · English · Open access
Early Kalighat painting of Kali.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.3-1955
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1865
Museum record · English · Open access
Kalighat painting of Kali, ca. 1865.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1885
Museum record · English · Open access
Kalighat painting of Kali, ca. 1885.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.578-1950
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1890
Museum record · English · Open access
Late Kalighat painting of Kali.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.154-1959
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1890
Museum record · English · Open access
Late Kalighat painting of Kali.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.155-1959
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1890
Museum record · English · Open access
Late Kalighat painting of Kali.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.156-1959
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1890
Museum record · English · Open access
Late Kalighat painting of Kali.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.272-1955
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Jha, Krishnanand — 1980s
Museum record · English · Open access
Pen drawing of Kali by Mithila tantric painter Krishnanand Jha.
Source: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.682
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Unknown (Madurai) — ca. 1800
Museum record · English · Open access
Ink and wash drawing of Kali from Madurai on Whatman paper.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2021.344
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Unknown (Punjab Hills) — early 19th c.
Museum record · English · Open access
Brush drawing of the goddess Kali.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Unknown — ca. 1998
Museum record · English · Open access
Late-20th-century popular print of Kali collected by the V&A.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Sabherwal, Tarika — 2018
Museum record · English · Open access
Oil on plywood reimagining Kali and Raktabija as lovers, with commentary on colour, race and gender.
Source: UAL Art Collection, University of the Arts London (UAC 944)
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Dutta, Vimla — 2000
Museum record · English · Open access
Pen-and-ink Kali by Mithila artist Vimla Dutta.
Source: Seattle Art Museum, 2021.32.14
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Unknown (West Bengal) — mid 19th c.
Museum record · English · Open access
Mid-19th-century Bengali Kali in the V&A.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Unknown (Benares) — ca. 1780s
Museum record · English · Open access
Cast zinc-alloy Kali from Benares.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Jennifer Rose; John Bowker; B. Griffiths; other credited reference editors — 2018 [web updates]
Reference · English · Open access
This page aggregates several complete encyclopedia entries under the heading Kali. Its first substantial entry is credited to Jennifer Rose; subsequent entries include material associated with John Bowker and B. Griffiths. The entries differ in purpose, terminology, and historical framing and should not be treated as a single anonymously authored academic article. The page also includes an unrelat
Source: Encyclopedia.com; credited underlying encyclopedias
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Dinamalar — n.d.
Reference · English · Open access
Village Kali Amman temple guide.
Source: Dinamalar Temples
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Unknown (Pahari) — c. 1840
Museum record · English · Open access
Pahari Devi Mahatmya battle painting.
Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1934.220
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Unknown (Guler) — ca. 1760
Museum record · English · Open access
Guler brush drawing of Kali with Durga's lion in battle.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Das, Tina — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Kali images on Japanese matchboxes, German porcelain and Chinese glass paintings.
Source: ThePrint
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Unknown (Kolkata) — ca. 1850-70
Museum record · English · Open access
Early Calcutta relief print pairing Kali and Jagaddhatri.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2021.325.1
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1885
Museum record · English · Open access
Kalighat painting of Kali on Shiva.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.677-1950
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1890
Museum record · English · Open access
Late Kalighat painting of Kali and Shiva.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.298-1961
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Unknown (Kalighat) — ca. 1890
Museum record · English · Open access
Late Kalighat painting of Kali and Shiva.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.299-1961
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