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Hindu Samhati (repost) — 2012
Article · English · Open access
History of Lucknow's Ghasiyari Mandi Kali Bari since 1857.
Source: Hindu Samhati Global Media (blog)
Original source or repositorySaritha Sivadas; Rincy T. P. — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Examines Kerala shadow puppetry as a devotional ritual performed in Bhadrakali temples and considers the relationship between storytelling, temple practice, and caste.
Source: African Journal of Biomedical Research
Original source or repositoryLok Sabha Secretariat — 2002
Reference · English · Open access
Lok Sabha proceedings on a threat to the Dakshineswar temple.
Source: Parliament Digital Library, via Internet Archive
Original source or repositorySen, Amiya P. — 2001 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 repositoryKathinka Frøystad — 2022
Article · English · Open access
Anthropological fieldwork in north India beginning in a Kali temple; includes a detailed Kali devotee and would-be medium, spirit possession, social precarity, and cross-religious help-seeking.
Source: PORTAL / University of Technology Sydney
Original source or repositoryRost, Reinhold — 1911
Reference · English · Open access
Edwardian encyclopedia entry on the thugs as worshippers of Kali.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryNew World Encyclopedia — Date not established
Reference · English · Open access
Encyclopedia article on Thuggee and its supposed devotion to Kali.
Source: New World Encyclopedia
Original source or repositoryChristopher Daren Wallis — 2014
Dissertation · English · Open access
Investigates technical vocabularies and historical understandings of religious experience in tantric Śaivism, especially entering, immersion, and divine empowerment. The dissertation works across Sanskrit materials and traditions, including the Kali-related Krama, to distinguish terms and practices that are often flattened into a single modern notion of mystical experience. Its large bibliography
Source: University of California, Berkeley
Original source or repositoryDulles, John Welsh — 1855
Book · English · Open access
Missionary account of the Todas, with a note on Kali worship in the region.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryGanguly, Abhik — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Reads Ramprasad's Kali songs through tantric imagery and kundalini yoga.
Source: Indica Today (conference paper)
Original source or repositoryChowdhury, Pinak Pani — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Legend and rites of Bura Kali.
Source: Millennium Post
Original source or repositoryDorota Kamińska-Jones — 2012
Article · Polish · Open access
Polish-language study of representations of women in nineteenth-century Kalighat painting and its relation to the iconography sold to worshippers of the Kālī temple. Primarily art history, not liturgy.
Source: Library of Science — open scholarly article
Original source or repositoryMcNeal, Keith E. — 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 repositoryArghya Dipta Kar — 2024 issue; printed 2025
Article · English · Open access
An extended examination of Kālīkula’s philosophical interpretation of Śakti, Kālī, Mahākāla, liberation, and the interplay of transcendence with action. The society’s entire journal issue is downloadable without an account.
Source: Journal of the Asiatic Society; pp. 79–112
Original source or repositoryAdelia Savitri; Intan Fitri Hilza — 2024
Article · Indonesian · Open access
Examines the transformation of the goddess Kali in Yourcenar’s severed-head story through comparison with Indian mythological narratives.
Source: Nusa: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra 19(2), 1–13
Original source or repositoryTanaka, Masakazu — 1989
Article · Japanese · Open access
Japanese ethnography (English abstract) of a Kali festival among Tamil fishers.
Source: Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology 13(3), Osaka
Original source or repositoryMello, Marcelo Moura — 2025
Book · English · Open access
Anthropologist's open-access chapter on bodily transformation and possession in Guyanese Kali worship.
Source: De Gruyter (open access)
Original source or repositoryJessica Annette Albrecht — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Examines Kali worship in Sri Lankan trans-feminine and gender-diverse communities, emphasizing lived practice, agency, and crossings of Buddhist and Hindu boundaries. Distinct from Tamil Nadu fieldwork.
Source: Journal of Gender Studies; DOI 10.1080/09589236.2025.2542845
Original source or repositoryParlier-Renault, Edith — 2023
Article · French · Open access
Art-historical study of Pahari Mahavidya painting series, opening with Kali.
Source: HAL open archive (Sorbonne Université)
Original source or repositoryJames D. Reich; Ben Williams — 2024-03-04 (online); 2024 journal volume
Article · English · Open access
Reich and Williams examine transmission in Abhinavagupta’s accounts of religious knowledge and aesthetic experience. Their argument connects passages about readers and audiences with Kaula and Krama models of initiation and lineage. The substantial discussion of Kālī traditions identifies relevant scriptures, translates a passage describing the transmission of Kālī’s Krama, and distinguishes ritua
Source: Brill, Indo-Iranian Journal; complete copy hosted by Naropa University
Original source or repositorySri Haradhan Chakraborti; Gita and Elizabeth Usha Harding (interviewers) — 2022
Article · English · Open access
The Dakshineswar Kali Temple’s priest discusses fear of Kali, relationship with the Goddess, awakening devotional feeling and preparation for worship.
Source: Kali Mandir article archive
Original source or repositoryStephen, Cynthia — 2017
Article · English · Open access
A Bahujan reading of the Chamundi-Mahishasura myth of Mysore.
Source: Forward Press
Original source or repositoryVarious contributors; individual editor not established — 2001
Book · Tamil · Open access
Extensive temple history, iconography, consecration, Sri Lankan Kali worship and Tamil devotional poetry. The contents identify distinct essays on Kali mantras, Kali in poets’ lives, forms of Kali, and the local temple.
Source: Sri Bhadrakali Ambal Devasthanam, Trincomalee
Original source or repositoryVarious contributors; published by the temple Adheenakartha — 1980
Book · Tamil · Open access
A complete earlier commemorative book documenting the Trincomalee Bhadrakali temple, Shakti worship and local devotional traditions. Contains essays and verses, with a final account of the 1980 consecration.
Source: Sri Bhadrakali Ambal Devasthanam, Trincomalee
Original source or repositoryDas, Pinaki — 2018
Article · English · Open access
Kali Puja in Tripura's temples and pandals.
Source: Northeast Now
Original source or repositoryThurston, Edgar — 1909
Reference · English · Open access
Weighing rite at the temple of Kali, 'goddess of cholera'.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryW. L. Smith (as credited in publication) — 2010
Article · English · Open access
Smith traces the relationship between the Bengali Kālikā Maṅgal tradition and the Vidyā–Sundar romance. Comparing versions attributed to several poets, the article asks how a courtly love narrative became associated with praise of Kali even though the goddess is absent or marginal in some early tellings. It examines links with the story of the Sanskrit poet Bilhaṇa, changes in the lover’s rescue,
Source: Studia Orientalia — journal.fi
Original source or repositoryPetek, Nina — 2023
Article · Slovenian · Open access
Metadata correction from curator source KALI-NOV05-C012: the full article is Slovenian; only the title and abstract are English. The original export's language label below is retained as provenance, not the corrected full-text language.
Source: Ars & Humanitas 17(1)
Original source or repositoryBeyza Aybike Deveci — 2024
Article · Turkish · Open access
Direct comparison of Durgā Pūjā and Kālī Pūjā and the role of the goddess and sacrificial ritual in their religious framework. This is the whole academic article, not a translated abstract or purchasing page.
Source: Complete Turkish journal article — DergiPark; pp. 254–275
Original source or repositoryThurston, Edgar; Rangachari, K. — 1909
Reference · English · Open access
Entry noting Kali among the deities of the Udaiyans.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryV. Veerasokkan (Udappur Veerasokkan; editor) — 2021
Book · Tamil · Open access
Complete twenty-page souvenir containing Veerasokkan’s four-page account of Shakti worship in the Puttalam region (printed pp. 5–8), including Munneswaram and other Kali shrines, with nine references. Also includes local temple history and Kali devotional verse. This is an independently published regional document, not an extracted article or a calendar.
Source: Ilantharagai Vattam, Udappu
Original source or repositoryBarua, B. K.; Murthy, H. V. Sreenivasa — 1965
Book · English · Open access
Chapter on Guwahati's Ugratara shrine, noting her common origin with Kali and Kamakhya.
Source: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, via HinduBooks.org
Original source or repositorySridhar, Nithin — 2015
Article · English · Open access
Opinion essay on Western misreadings of Kali, from a traditionalist Hindu viewpoint.
Source: NewsGram
Original source or repositoryRoy, Subir — 2022
Article · English · Open access
A sceptic's reflection outside Kalighat on the goddess's inclusiveness.
Source: The Tribune (Musings)
Original source or repositoryDeepak Sarma — 2015
Book · English · Open access
Entire author-uploaded nine-page chapter, pages 26–34, on museum curation, religious images, colonial stereotypes and the goddess Kali.
Source: Academia.edu — author-uploaded chapter, pp. 26–34
Original source or repositoryNamrata Gogoi; Paromita Das — 2023
Article · English · Open access
Study of Ugratara’s Buddhist and Shakta history, with detailed comparison of Kali and Tara iconography, interchangeable names including Kalika, Ugra Kali, Mahakali and Bhadrakali, and ritual traditions.
Source: Journal of Indian History and Culture
Original source or repositoryRajendran, Abhilash — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Amadpur's 400-year four-sister Kali Puja and torchlit immersion.
Source: Hindu Blog
Original source or repositoryOB Bureau — 2021
Article · English · Open access
Bidyadharpur's centuries-old two-idol Kali Puja.
Source: Odisha Bytes
Original source or repositoryJiyo Bangla — 2023
Article · English · Open access
The 1703 Thanthania Kali Bari and Ramakrishna's visits.
Source: Jiyo Bangla
Original source or repositoryArrago-Boruah, Emilie — 2019
Article · English · Open access
Women's rituals and tales at Kamakhya as ways of handling family conflict.
Source: Religions 10(8):455 (MDPI)
Original source or repositoryPadoux, André — 1990 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; temple publication — 2022
Book · Tamil · Open access
A complete locally published volume on a joint Bhadrakali and Veerabhadra temple, with devotional pieces, temple records and an extended religious essay discussing Kali and Veerabhadra worship. Supplies primary evidence for the paired-deity tradition and the temple community.
Source: Vaduvavathai Arulmigu Bhadrakali Ambikai–Veerabhadra Peruman Devasthanam
Original source or repositoryAnonymous; traditional divine dialogue — n.d. [online edition]
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
A protective hymn associated with Kālī of the cremation ground. Its ritual framing combines visualization of the fierce Goddess with a sequence of protective invocations and promised benefits. The colophon identifies it as the enemy-dispelling kavaca of Śmaśānakālī, also called Kālikākavaca. It documents a specific protective use of Kālī worship and should be distinguished from several other works
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryAnonymous; Devī–Īśvara dialogue — n.d. [online edition]
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
This short protective hymn is framed as a request from Devī to Īśvara for Kālī’s vajrapañjara, a diamond-like enclosure of protection. The composition presents compact mantric invocations and a concluding colophon. The transcription explicitly marks uncertain readings, so it is useful as an accessible witness requiring comparison with a clearer edition. Its distinct title and opening separate it f
Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project
Original source or repositoryNallaikumar Malar contributors — 2005
Article · Tamil · Open access
Full Tamil essay describes Veeramakaliamman, the forms of Kali and the Vannarpannai temple among the journal’s complete contents.
Source: Nallaikumar Malar (2005) — Noolaham
Original source or repositoryUnknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Kashmiri Sharada miscellany including a Mahakali hymn.
Source: eGangotri Digital Preservation Trust, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repositoryRoberta Pamio — 2014
Article · English · Open access
Research on ritual prescriptions for offering flowers to Kali, including suitable and prohibited offerings.
Source: Wisdomlib
Original source or repositoryBill Davis — 2020
Book · English · Open access
Complete original literary dramatization drawing on Hindu stories and the Goddess as a speaking character.
Source: American Vedantist
Original source or repository