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Author 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 repositoryOutlook Traveller — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Opening of the 440-metre Kalighat skywalk.
Source: Outlook Traveller
Original source or repositoryNational Museum Wales — 1998
Book · English · Open access
Original illustrated museum booklet on Kalighat paintings, their origin near the Kali temple, religious iconography, Shakti, and nineteenth-century visual culture.
Source: National Museum Wales
Original source or repositoryApnisanskriti — 2017
Reference · English · Open access
Temple profile covering history, idol, legends and festivals.
Source: Apnisanskriti.com
Original source or repositoryDixit, Kinjal — 2022
Article · English · Open access
Article on Kalighat's legends, history and the symbolism of its image.
Source: News Bharati
Original source or repositoryAuthor unrecorded — Date not recorded
Article · English · Open access
Background on the Kalighat painting tradition associated with the area around Kolkata's Kali temple. A contextual source rather than a dedicated Kali scripture.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
Original source or repositoryVictoria and Albert Museum — Date not recorded
Museum record · 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 repositorySom, Sovon — n.d.
Reference · English · Open access
Entry on the souvenir paintings sold at the Kali temple and their turn to satire.
Source: Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh
Original source or repositoryUnknown (Calcutta) — 19th c.
Museum record · English · Open access
Kalighat painting of Kali holding a severed head.
Source: Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania
Original source or repositoryJain, Jyotindra — 1999 CE
Book · 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 repositoryArcher, W. G. — 1971
Book · English · Open access
Archer's catalogue of the V&A's Kalighat paintings, many showing Kali.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryAnuja Mukherjee — 2020
Article · English · Open access
Examines nineteenth-century Kalighat painting through changes in ritual use, urban audiences, national identity, and museum collection. Mukherjee follows the movement of artists and images through the encounter between folk practice and Calcutta’s changing cultural institutions. The article is relevant to Kali’s temple environment and visual circulation, while also dealing with Kalighat painting’s
Source: The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design
Original source or repositoryChandrama Paul — 2026
Article · English · Open access
Documents the transformation of Kalighat pat painting around the temple, from locally made devotional images into the market and museum economies of colonial and modern Kolkata. Useful for iconography, visual heritage, and community context.
Source: International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research
Original source or repositoryThe Telegraph — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Years of construction disruption for vendors around the renovated Kalighat temple.
Source: The Telegraph (Kolkata)
Original source or repositoryBhattacharyya, Susmita; Chaudhuri, Samhita; Dutta, Nidhi; et al. — 2026
Article · English · Open access
Qualitative study of Kalighat's ritual and social role across classes.
Source: International Journal of Current Science Research and Review 9(10), via Zenodo (CC BY)
Original source or repositoryUpendranath Mukhopadhyay Sarvabhauma — Falgun 1332 BS (early 1926); host filename 1925
Book · Bengali · Open access
A temple-servitor’s historical account of Kalighat, Kali worship, the temple’s religious setting and its service arrangements.
Source: Jagannath Mukhopadhyay; Hitaishi Press, Calcutta; digitized through British Library Endangered Archives / Wikimedia Commons
Original source or repositoryRoy, Indrani Basu — 1993 CE
Book · 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 repositoryChanda, Shirsha — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Sociological essay on how renovation and the skywalk are turning Kalighat into a tourist site.
Source: Doing Sociology
Original source or repositoryGabriela Di Donato Salvador — 2009
Thesis · Portuguese · Open access
Kali myth, Great Mother archetype and creation of a contemporary dance work through altered states of consciousness; Jungian and practice-based arts research.
Source: Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Livros Grátis
Original source or repositoryShankaracharya (attrib.) — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Royal-collection manuscript of the eight-verse Kalika hymn.
Source: Kashi Maharani Manuscript Collection, Varanasi, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repositoryUnknown — n.d. (dated 1623 in the record, era unstated)
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Manuscript of Kalika's 108 names.
Source: Jagannath Bhattarai Collection, Nepal, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repositoryTraditionally attributed to Śaṅkarācārya; historical authorship not established by this edition — n.d. [online edition]
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
An eight-verse hymn whose opening depicts Kālī with a garland of severed heads, loose hair, and a cremation-ground setting. The composition joins these fierce features to devotional praise and reliance on the Goddess. Its traditional attribution to Śaṅkarācārya is a feature of transmission, not sufficient evidence of early authorship. The hymn is useful for studying the integration of striking Kāl
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryKalikamata Temple Trust — Date not established
Reference · English · Open access
Government festival page on the Nashik Kalika temple and its charities.
Source: Utsav (Ministry of Tourism, Government of India)
Original source or repositoryIlamurugan — 2023
Article · English · Open access
Legend, history and festivals of the Shirasangi Kalika temple.
Source: Hindu Temples of India (blog)
Original source or repositoryAnonymous; traditionally spoken by Mahākāla — n.d. [online edition]
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
Mahākāla introduces a secret heart hymn of Dakṣiṇakālī and explains its origin through his own need for release from the consequences of Brahmā’s beheading. The composition interweaves praise, mantric material, and protective or remedial claims. Its narrative gives the hymn a distinctive theological setting: even the fierce divine speaker depends on Kālī’s power. Alternate titles and the printed s
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryAnonymous; traditionally spoken by Sadāśiva — n.d. [online edition]
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
A concise protective passage from the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra, beginning with invocations of Ādyā and Kālikā over the head and face. The sequence assigns divine protection through the body and concludes with the benefits attributed to recitation. As a complete short ritual unit, it enables close comparison between the Tantra’s treatment of the primordial Goddess and other independent Kālī kavacas witho
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryAnonymous; Bhairavī–Bhairava dialogue — n.d. [online edition]
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
Bhairavī asks to hear a protective formula after learning Kālī worship, and Bhairava introduces the Jaganmaṅgala kavaca. The opening invokes examples of divine achievement before a sequence of mantric protection. Its multiple titles are important for catalogue identification: Kālikā Kavaca, Jaganmaṅgala Kavaca, and Śyāmā Kavaca refer here to one work. It is distinct from the Bhadrakālī Jaganmaṅgal
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryUnknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Manuscript of the Kalika Kavacha from the Ramnagar royal collection.
Source: Kashi Maharaj Kumari Collection, Ramnagar Fort, Varanasi, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repositoryUnknown — Date not established
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Manuscript of the protective Kalika Kavacha.
Source: Kashi Maharani collection, Varanasi, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repositoryTraditional-style Sanskrit liturgical text; digital proofreader Durga Sharma — September 2026 digital edition
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
A new digital transcription centered on Dakṣiṇakālikā, with invocations of Kālī, Mahākālī, and related śaktis; the page includes the closing “sampūrṇam” and metadata. Not an alternate rendering of an earlier catalogue hymn.
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryIndira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts — Date not established
Reference · English · Open access
Survey form documenting the ruined 17th-century Kalika Mata temple at Jagat.
Source: IGNCA, Government of India
Original source or repositoryApnisanskriti — 2016
Reference · English · Open access
Profile of the Pavagadh hilltop temple, its legends and festivals.
Source: Apnisanskriti.com
Original source or repositoryUnknown (private collection) — n.d.
Scripture · Nepali / Sanskrit · Open access
Digitised manuscript/print giving the procedure for Kali Puja (Shyama Puja); free page viewing.
Source: British Library Endangered Archives Programme, EAP1023/19/5
Original source or repositoryNot stated — 1944
Scripture · Assamese · Open access
Assamese edition of the Kalika Purana.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryBandyopadhyay, Durgacharan (trans.) — 1874
Scripture · Bengali · Open access
19th-century Bengali translation of the Kalika Purana.
Source: West Bengal Public Library Network / Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryLiwen Liu — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Independently authored commentary on the Kālikā Purāṇa; do not merge this modern study with the original Purāṇa already listed in the library.
Source: Zenodo — Liwen Liu research article
Original source or repositoryDvivedi (scribe) — 1903
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Early-20th-century handwritten copy of the Kalika Purana.
Source: eGangotri Digital Preservation Trust, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repositoryUnknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Paper manuscript of the Kalika Purana (incomplete).
Source: eGangotri Digital Preservation Trust, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repositoryUnknown (Purana) — 1891
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
Bombay printed edition of the Kalika Purana, the Kamarupa purana of the goddess.
Source: Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay; Internet Archive (public domain mark)
Original source or repositoryShriKrishnadas, Khemraj (pub.) — 1948
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
Sanskrit Venkateshwar Press edition of the Kalika Purana.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryAnonymous; Hara–Paraśurāma dialogue — n.d. [online edition]
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
The text opens with meditations on Mahākālī, Kālikā, and Bhadrakālī before presenting a long name sequence in a Hara–Paraśurāma dialogue. The names place the Goddess in multiple ritual and cosmic settings, while the final verses describe the benefits of recitation. This is a separate thousand-name tradition from the alliterative kakārādi list and the Bhadrakālī list attributed to Rudrasarvasva; th
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryAnonymous — n.d. [online edition]
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
This hymn repeatedly asks the world-sustaining Kālī to make her dwelling in the speaker’s mind. Its praises bring together the Goddess’s cosmic role, visual attributes, and intimacy as a devotional presence. The refrain makes inward residence a central theme. The digital edition records its source in a printed stotra anthology, making it a useful example of the circulation of Kālī devotion through
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryAnonymous — n.d. [online edition]
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
A short Śākta Upaniṣad centred on Kālī’s mantric identity, contemplation, and spiritual accomplishment. It combines syllabic formulations with claims about knowledge and the transformative effects of worship. Its self-affiliation to Atharvaṇa literature is part of the text’s traditional framing and does not establish an early Vedic date. The complete Sanskrit witness provides material for studying
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryMukhopadhyay, Ashutosh — 1917
Book · Bengali · Open access
Bengali work on the glory of Kalika (dated 1324 BS).
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryVimarśānandanātha — 2013 digital transcription; underlying composition/edition date not established
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
A substantial ritual manual devoted to Dakshina Kali and Mahakala, covering preliminary purification, worship and associated ritual sequences. Its named author and two-part structure distinguish it from shorter Kali hymns and other worship manuals.
Source: Muktabodha Indological Research Institute
Original source or repositoryPattabiraman, Sudhakar — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Visitor profile of the Kalikambal temple.
Source: Divine Traveller (blog)
Original source or repositoryTraditional — n.d.
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
Chapter-by-chapter Sanskrit text of the Kalika Purana (marked incomplete); the library holds English translations, not this original.
Source: Sanskrit Wikisource
Original source or repositoryAttributed to Pūrṇānanda Paramahaṃsa; manuscript text — Early modern; dating uncertain
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
Sanskrit textual unit on Kālī's iconography, mantras and worship transmitted as a Kālī-related secret teaching. The digital edition is limited to the transcribed work and does not claim a critical Sanskrit manuscript edition.
Source: indike.org
Original source or repository