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Resmi R. S. — 2025; International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts 13(7), pp. b464–b472
Article · English · Open access
This open-access article surveys mother-goddess worship in Kerala, including Bhadrakālī and Kali, alongside Mudiyettu, Theyyam and Padayani performance forms. It describes historical interpretations and contested claims about origins and social inclusion. The direct PDF contains all nine printed pages and concluding materials. Its value is as a broad modern survey and bibliography rather than as a
Source: International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts
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Kakati, Banikanta — 1948
Article · English · Open access
Myths of Kamakhya in the Kalika Purana and Yogini Tantra, including her identity with Kali.
Source: Triveni (March 1948), via Wisdom Library
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Sri Aurobindo; includes his translations from the Mother’s writings — 2012 (collected edition); The Mother first published 1928
Book · English · Open access
This official collected volume contains the complete six-chapter book The Mother, letters on the Mother and Sri Aurobindo's translations of selected prayers and meditations. The publisher states that all six chapters of The Mother were written in 1927 and first collected in 1928; the accompanying letters date from 1927 to 1950. Chapter VI presents four leading powers or personalities of the Divine
Source: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department
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Paolo Pacciolla — 2023
Article · English · Open access
Full research article on music, movement, trance and goddess worship in central Kerala ritual drawing.
Source: southasia.iftawm.org
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Guru Shyama Khyapa — 2026
Article · English · Open access
Full discourse on the dark-moon observance, fierce Mother forms and pilgrimage to Tarapith.
Source: Jai Khepa Parampara — contemporary teachings
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Oman, John Campbell — 1903
Book · English · Open access
Study of sadhus including Kali-worshipping Tantrics and Aghoris.
Source: Internet Archive (Google scan)
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Coleman, Charles — 1832
Book · English · Open access
Illustrated 1830s mythography including Kali.
Source: Internet Archive
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Mikel Burley — 2022/10
Article · English · Open access
Develops an embodied approach to the Hindu Divine Mother, with particular attention to the troubling or terrifying dimensions of Kali. Burley asks how philosophical discussion changes when divine motherhood is understood through lived bodies, emotional responses, and the turbulent world rather than reduced to an abstract attribute of deity. The article considers religious responses to terror and s
Source: Cambridge University Press
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Gautam, Harsha — 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
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Brooks, David Marshall — 1933
Book · English · Open access
Freethinker's comparison with goat sacrifice to Kali.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
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Henry W. Nevinson — 1908
Book · English · Open access
Original twentieth-century observer’s visit to Kalighat, with discussion of Kali worship, pilgrimage, and how colonial outsiders interpreted the goddess and blood sacrifice. Interpret as period testimony, not neutral scholarship.
Source: Project Gutenberg
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Guru Shyama Khyapa — 2026
Article · English · Open access
Complete teaching correlating Kali and the Mahavidyas with planetary symbolism.
Source: Jai Khepa Parampara — contemporary teachings
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O'Brien, Tom; O'Brien, Bonnie — 2008
Article · English · Open access
Personal travel blog with photographs of Dakshinkali sacrifices.
Source: The O'Brien Files (blog)
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Pradeep J., Nandini; Gouthaman K. J. — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Reads the bawdy Bharani songs at the Kodungallur Bhadrakali/Kurumba temple as caste and gender protest.
Source: Journal of People's History and Culture 10(2)
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Thaliya C. M. — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Examines the social position of velichappadu temple oracles who serve the goddess Bhadrakali at the Kodungallur Bharani festival. Includes discussion of hereditary participation, ritual authority, and social exclusion.
Source: The Academic 3(4), starting p. 688
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Samuel, Geoffrey — 2008 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
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Payne, Richard K., and Glen A. Hayes — 2024 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 repository
Goodall, Dominic — 2004 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 repository
Urban, Hugh B. — 2024 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
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Swami Narasimhananda — 2016
Article · English · Open access
Editorial on Kali, Phalaharini Kali Puja and the absence of a Devil in Hindu thought.
Source: Prabuddha Bharata 121(1), pp. 9-22, via PhilArchive
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Gjellerup, Karl (trans. John E. Logie) — 1911
Book · English · Open access
'The laws of Kali are inviolable.'
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
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Gjellerup, Karl (trans. John E. Logie) — 1911
Book · English · Open access
A robber's curse: 'thou also shalt tread the nightly paths of Kali'.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
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Gjellerup, Karl (trans. John E. Logie) — 1911
Book · English · Open access
A robber chief fears the vengeance of Kali.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
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Gjellerup, Karl (trans. John E. Logie) — 1911
Book · English · Open access
A season 'under the auspices of the terrible goddess Kali'.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
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Chattopadhyay, Bankim Chandra (trans. Miriam S. Knight) — 1884
Book · English · Open access
Chapter set at the dark-moon Kali worship.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
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Naimisha Medhi — 2026
Article · English · Open access
Modern feminist interpretation of the goddess's fierce imagery, anger and claims about feminine power; helpful as recent reception rather than ancient historical evidence.
Source: ijfmr.com
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William Crooke — 1896
Book · English · Open access
A two-volume colonial compilation of popular religion and folklore, including Kali, Bhawani and regional goddess beliefs. Useful for tracing historical descriptions and local traditions; the ethnographic categories and explanations belong to the period.
Source: gutenberg.org
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Government of India — 1960 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
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Not stated (Dakshineswar) — 1906
Book · English · Open access
Early English account of Ramakrishna, priest of Kali at Dakshineswar.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
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Brahmavadin (Madras) — 1906
Book · English · Open access
Early English essays on Ramakrishna, the Kali temple priest of Dakshineswar.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
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Price, E. Hoffmann — 1925
Book · English · Open access
Weird Tales story set before 'the great temple of Kali'.
Source: Weird Tales 5(1); Wikisource (public domain)
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Frith, Francis — 1850s-1870s
Museum record · English · Open access
Albumen print of the Kalighat temple area by the commercial photographer Francis Frith.
Source: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Shakespear, John — 1913
Article · English · Open access
Folk-Lore article on Manipuri religion and its adoption of Hindu goddesses including Kali.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
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Hopkins, E. Washburn — 1895
Book · English · Open access
Yale Sanskritist's survey with discussion of Kali and the Kalika Purana.
Source: Internet Archive
Original source or repository
Government of India — 1863 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
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Fuller, C. J. — 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 repository
Jamison, Stephanie W., and Joel P. Brereton — 2014 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
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Jamison, Stephanie W., and Joel P. Brereton — 2020 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
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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
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Sahapedia editors — Date not established
Reference · English · Open access
Freely readable historical essay on the visual tradition associated with Kolkata’s Kali shrine.
Source: sahapedia.org
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Sudeshna Saha Roy — 2021
Article · English · Open access
Examines Bengali Kali songs and the transformations of maternal devotion, associated with Ramprasad Sen.
Source: sarpublication.com
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Pintchman, Tracy — 1994 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
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Sarkar, Bihani — 2012 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
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Swami Ambikananda Saraswati — 1998
Article · English · Open access
A firsthand account of becoming a Kali devotee, interpreting her iconography, participating in worship with Dakshineswar priests and moving from symbolism toward a personal relationship with Kali.
Source: Light of Consciousness, Winter 1998; republished by Kali Mandir
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Lahiri, Sushil — 1968
Thesis · English · Open access
Covers Ramprasad, Ramakrishna, Dakshineswar, Vivekananda and Aurobindo in Bengali Kali devotion.
Source: McMaster University (MA, Religion), Open Access
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Wilkins, W. H. — 1897
Book · English · Open access
Isabel Burton's Indian travels, including an encounter with a Kali image.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
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Sherring, M. A. — 1868
Book · English · Open access
Missionary account of Benares and its goddess temples.
Source: Internet Archive
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Ghoshal, Somak — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Review of Kali in art through DAG's Kali exhibition.
Source: Open magazine
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