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Supreme Court of India — 1951 CE
Reference · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18. Section: Legal Authorities and Legislation.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repositoryAttributed in text to Kālīvilāsa Tantra — undated; digital edition
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
A clearly bounded, complete chapter-level hymn transcribed from the Kālīvilāsa Tantra, dealing with goddess powers and mantra in a Śākta context. Only this hymn is available at the cited link—not the entire Tantra.
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryMasilamani-Meyer, Eveline — 1986 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 repositoryVarious contributors; Sri Arulvaratha Kali Ambal Temple publication — 2008
Book · Tamil · Open access
A substantial Tamil publication from the Arulvaratha Kali shrine at Saravanai, combining local devotional identity and religious verse. Preserves an independently issued temple collection.
Source: Sri Arulvaratha Kali Ambal Temple, Saravanai, Jaffna
Original source or repositoryS. Jayachandran (Chandrasekarappillai Jayachandran) — 1971
Poetry · Tamil · Open access
An independently issued collection of two complete Tamil hymns to Trincomalee Adi Bhadrakali: a Tiruppathigam and a Pathadhikesa Thuthi. Offers direct devotional evidence for this Kali shrine and its iconographic praise tradition.
Source: Sri Lanka Press
Original source or repositoryTemple administrative council (corporate publisher); individual author not identified — 1989
Book · Tamil · Open access
A book on Veeramakali Ammai of Vannai North, Jaffna, and the lives and history of her worshippers, with local religious narratives and temple-related discussions.
Source: Temple Administrative Council, Vannai North
Original source or repositoryDev, Urmimala — 2022
Article · English · Open access
Life of Anthony Firingee and the Kali temple linked to him.
Source: Enroute Indian History
Original source or repositoryDrishya — 2025
Article · English · Open access
The Portuguese-Bengali poet who installed Siddheswari Kali at Bowbazar.
Source: Homegrown
Original source or repositoryHamal, Koshal — 2023
Article · English · Open access
Analyses Hindu archetypes in a Nepali painter's work, including her painting Kali (2019).
Source: Journal of Fine Arts Campus 5(2), Tribhuvan University (NepJOL)
Original source or repositoryU.S. Food and Drug Administration — 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 repositoryVerne, Jules (trans. George M. Towle) — 1873
Book · English · Open access
The travellers pass country 'drenched with blood by the sectaries of Kali'.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryDalyell, John Graham — 1824
Reference · English · Open access
Compares Moloch, Kronos and 'the Kali of the Hindoos'.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryGisha K. Narayanan; K. V. Suresh — 2026
Article · English · Open access
Five-page original article outlining Theeyattu performance, ritual floor painting, musicians and the Bhadrakali-Darika victory narrative. Labels it as ritual performance scholarship, not an original ancient text.
Source: International Journal of Versatile Research and Analysis 4(6), a27-a31
Original source or repositoryBhattacharya, Chandrima S. — 2024
Article · English · Open access
'KAAL-E' show of 25 artists, from Gomira masks to pop art.
Source: The Telegraph (Kolkata)
Original source or repositorySwami Bhajanananda Saraswati; Swami Ambikananda Saraswati — 2001
Article · English · Open access
Describes Kali puja from preparation through purification, visualization, invocation, offerings and arati, interpreting the ritual and divine image from practitioners’ perspectives.
Source: Light of Consciousness, Winter 2001; republished by Kali Mandir
Original source or repositoryMarcelo Moura Mello — 2020
Article · Portuguese · Open access
Portuguese-language methodology and ethnography of divination, field encounters and sacred communication in Kali worship communities of Guyana.
Source: periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br
Original source or repositoryBKReader — 2015
Article · English · Open access
The artist's 'Eyes of Time' installation reimagining Kali; pairs with the Brooklyn Eagle report.
Source: BKReader (Brooklyn Reader)
Original source or repositoryUnknown — Date not established
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Complete manuscript transcription covering worship of the eight Mothers and fierce goddess forms including Chamunda.
Source: Muktabodha/NGMCP — transcription M00540
Original source or repositoryMeer — n.d.
Article · English · Open access
Visit to Dakshineswar and Bhavatarini worship.
Source: meer.com
Original source or repositoryMcDaniel, June — 2023/8
Article · English · Open access
Explores the burning ground as both an actual place of cremation and an image of the human heart in Bengali Shaktism. McDaniel examines accounts in which sorrow, loss, or withdrawal from worldly attachments makes divine encounter possible. Kali’s presence may be understood as protection from unhappy rebirth, admission to her heavenly realm, or the realization of liberation. The article connects re
Source: Religions
Original source or repositoryVanamali Gita Yogashram — Date not established
Reference · English · Open access
Account of the Attukal temple, its Kannaki legend and Bhadrakali imagery.
Source: Vanamali Gita Yogashram
Original source or repositoryYogananda, Paramahansa — 1946
Book · English · Open access
Yogananda's account of a vision of the Divine Mother at the Dakshineswar Kali temple.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryYogananda, Paramahansa — 1946
Book · English · Open access
Includes a scene before a temple image of Kali and Yogananda's footnote on Kali's symbolism.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryYogananda, Paramahansa — 1946
Book · English · Open access
Visit to the Dakshineswar Kali temple with 'Master Mahasaya', author of the Kathamrita.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositorySwadhinata Das — 2023–2024
Article · English · Open access
Systematic discussion of the objects, weapons and attributes borne by goddesses including Kālī, Kālikā and Cāmuṇḍā. Comparative iconography rather than a separate Kālī text.
Source: Heritage 11.2 (2023–2024), pp. 1061–1073
Original source or repositoryIlamurugan — 2017
Article · English · Open access
Temple history including the 1899 Sivakasi riots.
Source: Tamilnadu Tourism (blog)
Original source or repositoryRajendran, Abhilash — 2024
Article · English · Open access
History and rites of the Byom Kali temple.
Source: Hindu Blog
Original source or repositoryUnknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Sharada miscellany with Kalika hymn and Kali armour.
Source: Sharada manuscripts collection, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repositoryAssamInfo — n.d.
Reference · English · Open access
History and rites of an Assamese Kali temple.
Source: AssamInfo.com
Original source or repositoryChowdhury, Pinak Pani — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Rajnandini Kali, worshipped as a daughter.
Source: Millennium Post
Original source or repositoryAll India Radio News — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Kali (Shyama) Puja observances across Bangladesh, notably Old Dhaka.
Source: News On AIR (Prasar Bharati)
Original source or repositoryBhattacharya, Snigdhendu — 2021
Article · English · Open access
Lamp-less Kali Puja as protest after the 2021 attacks.
Source: Outlook
Original source or repositoryAll India Radio News — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Report of a Dhaka evening of Nazrul's songs to Kali.
Source: News On AIR (Government of India)
Original source or repositoryHalder, Deep — 2023
Article · English · Open access
Muslim and Hindu villagers rebuilding the Sasan Kali temple.
Source: ThePrint (ground report)
Original source or repositoryThe Telegraph — Date not established
Article · English · Open access
Villagers worship Devi Choudhurani and Bhabani Pathak at a Kali temple.
Source: The Telegraph (via obeta.ttef.in)
Original source or repositoryUnknown photographer — 1987
Museum record · English · Open access
Colour photograph of a Calcutta street barber beneath a Kali image.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.257
Original source or repositoryU.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia — Date not established
Reference · English · Open access
Docket record of a US federal suit naming 'Hindu Black Goddess Kali' as defendant.
Source: U.S. federal courts (PACER), via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryவ. குணபாலசிங்கம் (V. Kunapalasingam) — 2009
Article · Tamil · Open access
Complete substantive research article in the December 2009 issue on Batticaloa Amman worship, including Kaliamman pattasi, Bhadrakali and ritual divisions.
Source: Pampadu, vol. 18, issue 3, December 2009, pp. 36–42 — Noolaham
Original source or repositoryUnknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Extract from the Kali Tantra on releasing the Batuka mantra from its curse.
Source: Jagannath Bhattarai Collection, Nepal, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repositoryArcher, W. G. — 1953
Book · English · Open access
Archer's classic V&A study of Kalighat painting (a Crown publication).
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum monograph, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryPreeta M. Banerjee — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Connects Alice Walker's Womanist spiritual writing with a Ramprasad Sen Shyama Sangeet song, placing Ma Kali at the centre of a cross-traditional argument about divine presence and human experience.
Source: irstudies.org
Original source or repositoryIANS — 2016
Article · English · Open access
Wire report on Kali Puja 2016.
Source: Business Standard
Original source or repositoryIANS — 2018
Article · English · Open access
Crowds at Kalighat and Dakshineswar on Kali Puja 2018.
Source: Business Standard
Original source or repositoryIANS — 2015
Article · English · Open access
Crowds at Kalighat, Dakshineswar and Tarapith on Kali Puja 2015.
Source: Business Standard
Original source or repositoryPTI — 2022
Article · English · Open access
Announcement of the Kalighat temple-area revamp.
Source: Business Standard
Original source or repositoryUNI — 2026
Article · English · Open access
Preparations for the Kaushiki Amavasya night of Tara at Tarapith.
Source: United News of India
Original source or repositoryPradhan, Sahil — 2025
Article · English · Open access
History and revival of devotional songs to Kali.
Source: Local Samosa
Original source or repositoryAnonymous reviewer — 1871
Article · English · Open access
Victorian survey of Bengali poets with discussion of Shakta and Kali poetry; a period source.
Source: The Calcutta Review, Series 1, No. 104, via Wikisource
Original source or repository