The Road to the Mother: Confessions of a Twenty-Something Kali Worshiper
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- kali-fifty2-026
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-50B2-026
- Author or attribution
- Swami Ambikananda Saraswati
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 1998
- Source / repository
- Light of Consciousness, Winter 1998; republished by Kali Mandir
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- 50 Full-Text Sources — Batch 2, November 2026; Devotional writing and Bengali temple history
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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.
Curator source KALI-50B2-026. Devotional writing and Bengali temple history. Export dated 5 November 2026.
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26 The Road to the Mother: Confessions of a Twenty-Something Kali Worshiper
Swami Ambikananda Saraswati • 1998
Original firsthand devotional essay • English
Light of Consciousness, Winter 1998; republished by Kali Mandir
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.
Access check: Read complete official article from publication credit through its final paragraph, before Recent Posts; about 2,500 words. Credited to Winter 1998 Light of Consciousness; current authorized temple republication is publicly readable.
Full text: https://www.kalimandir.org/post/the-road-to-the-mother
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https://www.kalimandir.org/post/the-road-to-the-mother: https://www.kalimandir.org/post/the-road-to-the-mother
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Curator-reported free reading access, not a blanket republication licence. Follow the linked host's copyright and reuse conditions. No full source text is reproduced. Read complete official article from publication credit through its final paragraph, before Recent Posts; about 2,500 words. Credited to Winter 1998 Light of Consciousness; current authorized temple republication is publicly readable.
Citation
Swami Ambikananda Saraswati. The Road to the Mother: Confessions of a Twenty-Something Kali Worshiper. Light of Consciousness, Winter 1998; republished by Kali Mandir. 1998. Original firsthand devotional essay. https://www.kalimandir.org/post/the-road-to-the-mother
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