Browse 2,010 curated Kali Ma source records with authors, languages, dates, citations and original source links. Directory page 29 of 42.
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R. C. Hazra — 1958
Book · English · Open access
Historical research on textual development of Kali and Kalika worship, manuscript traditions, and an earlier lost Kalika Purana.
Source: Wisdomlib
Original source or repositoryArvind Kumar Singh; Shagufta Parveen — 2024
Article · Hindi · Open access
Hindi-language historical discussion of goddess worship in and around the Gupta era, including Kali, Mahakali, Chamunda, and forms of Shakti. Use cautiously as a short broad synthesis.
Source: ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts 5(1)
Original source or repositoryTraditional; Mahākāla Saṃhitā association — undated; digital edition
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
A self-contained Kālī hymn emphasizing transcendence and divine consciousness. Includes concluding verses and text-source metadata, and is not the previously recorded Kālī Śānti hymn.
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryWheeler, J. Talboys (ed. Jayaram V) — 1886
Book · English · Open access
Wheeler's colonial history on the Thugs' goddess Durga, Bowani or Kali.
Source: Hinduwebsite.com
Original source or repositoryUnknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Nepali ritual manuscript including the rite of the 'white Kali'.
Source: Jagannath Bhattarai Collection, Nepal, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repositoryChakraborty, Rohini — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Profile of Naihati's 21-foot Boro Maa, founded 1923, its Vaishnava-tinged iconography and immersion.
Source: t2 (The Telegraph, Kolkata)
Original source or repositoryChakraborty, Rohini — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Family Kali Pujas in three old Calcutta houses.
Source: t2 (The Telegraph)
Original source or repositorySkrine, F. H. B. — 1910
Book · English · Open access
Colonial administrator's hostile sketch of Shakta religion and Kalighat; a primary source for prejudice.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryvan Brussel, Noor — 2020/3
Article · English · Open access
Examines the narrative architecture of the Bhadrakāḷīmāhātmya, a regional Sanskrit Purāṇa associated with Kerala. Rather than isolating the goddess’s battle against Dārika, van Brussel follows recurring sequences of violence, endings, and renewed beginnings through the text. The study treats these cycles as a structural principle that connects apparently separate episodes and illuminates Bhadrakāḷ
Source: Religions
Original source or repositoryKingscote, Mrs. Howard; Natesa Sastri, S. M. — 1890
Book · English · Open access
South Indian folktale set around a temple of Kali.
Source: Tales of the Sun; Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryUdhayashree; K. Gurusamy — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Complete three-page academic article contrasts Kali, Durga and Gauri through feminist readings of divine power.
Source: ResearchGate — author-uploaded article
Original source or repositoryBorkataky-Varma, Sravana — 2020 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 repositoryJulian Strube — 2021
Book · English · Open access
Historical study of Woodroffe/Avalon and Bengali Shakta collaborators, Tantratattva, Mahanirvana Tantra and claims for practical Tantric science. Contextual source for modern Kali/Shakta studies.
Source: De Gruyter; Library of Congress
Original source or repositoryWhite, David Gordon — 2000 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 repositoryNigamananda Paramahansa — 1924
Book · Bengali · Open access
Bengali guide to tantric practice by the Bengal saint Nigamananda, a Tara sadhaka.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryUnknown (Bandyopadhyay, Nilkamal, series ed.) — 1899
Book · Bengali · Open access
Fourth volume of the Bengali tantric compendium (vol. 2 was in batch 4).
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryBandyopadhyay, Nilkamal — 1899
Book · Bengali · Open access
Bengali tantric compendium of rites and mantras.
Source: West Bengal Public Library Network / DLI, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryDutta, Rajkrishna — 1923
Book · Bengali · Open access
Bengali exposition of tantric doctrine and practice.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryBritish Museum — 2020
Reference · English · Open access
Complete official exhibition guide with extended descriptions of Kali images, Kali yantras, Bengali devotion and Tantric art.
Source: British Museum — official large-print exhibition guide
Original source or repositoryUrban, Hugh B. — 2003 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 repositoryGascoigne, Laura — 2020
Article · English · Open access
Review of 'Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution' centred on a 19th-century clay Kali Puja figure.
Source: The Tablet
Original source or repositorySwami Bhajanananda Saraswati — 2003
Article · English · Open access
Complete practitioner essay on ritual theory and the meaning of Kali puja, written for devotees.
Source: Kali Mandir
Original source or repositoryPadoux, André — 2011 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 repositoryChapple, Christopher — 2015 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 repositoryvan Kooij, Karel R. — 2021 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 repositoryKinsley, David R. — 1997 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 repositoryKabiratna, Tarakumar — 1894
Book · Bengali · Open access
Bengali devotional work on the goddess Tara.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryUnknown (Kolkata) — early 20th c.
Museum record · English · Open access
Gouache of Tara identified as a form of Kali.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2024.470
Original source or repositoryBirbhum District Administration, Government of West Bengal — 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 repositoryPranesh, A. — 2019
Article · English · Open access
Travelogue on Tarapith's legends, images and cremation ground.
Source: Vanamala Arts (travelogue)
Original source or repositoryMalakar, Prasenjit — 2025
Article · Bengali · Open access
Bengali-language report on Kaushiki Amavasya arrangements at Tarapith.
Source: Zee 24 Ghanta (Zee News Bengali)
Original source or repositoryKulashreshtha, Nitasha — 2022
Article · English · Open access
Travel piece on Kalighat's legend, history and sacrifices.
Source: Pilot Guides
Original source or repositoryAli, Salman — 2017
Article · English · Open access
Visit to the Kalka Devi cave shrine near Rohri, Sindh.
Source: Daily Times (Pakistan)
Original source or repositoryCityzeum — Date not established
Reference · French · Open access
French guide to Saint-Denis's Kali temple, the Kovil Kalikambal.
Source: Cityzeum
Original source or repositoryUnknown (Uttar Pradesh) — n.d.
Museum record · English · Open access
Red-glazed terracotta four-armed Kali with crown, from Uttar Pradesh.
Source: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Original source or repositoryCinzia Pieruccini — 2014-07-24
Article · Italian · Open access
Pieruccini compares frightening representations of Śiva, Narasiṃha and Kālī as ways of confronting fear. The sustained final section considers Kālī-Cāmuṇḍā’s emaciation, death imagery, narrative setting and temple representation. It distinguishes sacrificial appeasement, Tantric confrontation and Bengali devotion to the Mother as different responses to divine terror. The conclusion interprets thes
Source: Università di Bologna, AlmaDL
Original source or repositoryThurston, Edgar; Rangachari, K. — 1909
Reference · English · Open access
Entry on a Travancore Pulayan group and its goddess.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryIndianetzone — n.d.
Reference · English · Open access
Reference page on the Siddheshwari Kali temple.
Source: Indianetzone
Original source or repositoryRajendran, Abhilash — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Siddheshwari Kali temple, its clay image and Ramakrishna links.
Source: Hindu Blog
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 repositorySamanta, Suchitra — 1994 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 repositoryBarselaar, George (after Swami Lakshmanjoo) — 2017
Article · English · Open access
Practitioner exposition of the twelve Kalis of the Krama as phases of awareness, from Lakshmanjoo's teaching.
Source: Stillness Speaks
Original source or repositoryEhud Halperin — 2014-07
Article · English · Open access
Drawing on Kullu Valley fieldwork, Halperin examines how cosmic ages frame rapid social and environmental change. A sustained section documents devotees’ identification of Haḍimbā with Kālī through temple signs, a devotional song and interviews. He distinguishes the goddess from the male Kali associated with the age, then analyzes local explanations that place Haḍimbā-Kālī in charge of contemporar
Source: University of KwaZulu-Natal, Nidān
Original source or repositoryRoy, Ujjainee — 2024
Article · English · Open access
The 56-dish Annakoot offering at Lucknow's Kali Bari.
Source: Slurrp
Original source or repositoryWillis, Michael — 2009 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 repositoryLeadbeater, C. W. — 1894
Book · English · Open access
Theosophist account linking 'the ghastly Kali' to Thuggee.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryYasumasa Sekine — 1993
Book · English · Metadata only
Documents Tamil village-deity practice and sacrificial categories, supplying comparative context for Kali/Bhadrakali traditions.
Source: Senri Ethnological Studies 36 — Minpaku institutional repository
Original source or repositoryN. K. S. Thiruchelvam — 2018
Book · Tamil · Open access
Book-length Tamil account of the Kali temple at Bentota, Sri Lanka, its destruction under the Portuguese, and later memories and rebuilding efforts. Treat its historical claims as the author’s argument, not independently established facts.
Source: Noolaham Digital Library
Original source or repository