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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Temple in South Delhi, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
| name = Shri Kalkaji Mandir<br />
| image = kalkaji-shrine.jpg<br />
| alt = Kalkaji Mandir<br />
| caption = Idol of goddess [[Kali]] at the Kalkaji Mandir<br />
| map_type = India New Delhi<br />
| map_caption = Location in Delhi<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|28.5498|77.2607|format=dms|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| country = {{IND}}<br />
| state = [[Delhi]]<br />
| district = [[South Delhi|South]]<br />
| location = Kalkaji, South Delhi<br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| deity = [[Kali]]- काली, Kalka - कालका<br />
| festivals= [[Navratri]] नवरात्रि महोत्सव<br />
| architecture = [[Hindu temple architecture]]<br />
| temple_quantity = 1<br />
| monument_quantity = <br />
| inscriptions = <br />
| year_completed = [[Satya Yuga]] (सत्य युग) <br />
| website = [http://www.shrikalkajimandir.in www.shrikalkajimandir.in]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kalkaji Mandir''' is a [[Hindu temple]] dedicated to [[Kali]], a [[Hindu goddess]]. It is in [[south Delhi|southern Delhi]], in Kalkaji, a place whose name derives from the temple. The temple is located opposite to the [[Nehru Place]] and near the [[Okhla]] railway station.<ref>[http://www.durga-puja.org/kalkaji-mandir.html Kalka ji Mandir] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221012903/http://www.durga-puja.org/kalkaji-mandir.html |date=21 February 2009 }} www.durga-puja.org.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Rc0-AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA98#PPA98,M1 Kalkaji Mandir] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827172650/https://books.google.com/books?id=Rc0-AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA98#PPA98,M1 |date=27 August 2023 }} ''The Handbook for Delhi: With Index and Two Maps, Illustrating the Historic Remains of Old Delhi, and the Position of the British Army Before the Assault in 1857, &c. &c.'', by Frederic Henry Cooper. Published by Re-printed by T.C. McCarthly, 1865.Page 98.</ref><ref>''The archaeology and monumental remains of Delhi'' by Carr Stephen. Published by Aryan Books International, 2002. {{ISBN|81-7305-222-0}}. ''Page 16- Kalkaji''.</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Though the temple is thought to be much older, the oldest portions of its present building are believed to have been constructed not earlier than the 1764 CE by the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]], with additions in 1816 by Mirza Raja Kidar Nath, the [[Peshkar]] of [[Akbar II]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/mp/2004/01/26/stories/2004012600750200.htm |title=Fascinating tale of the Kalkaji Temple |date=26 January 2004 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=5 January 2019}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="Sutton">{{cite journal |last=Sutton |first=Deborah |date=2022-09-20 |title=Sacred architectures as monuments: a study of the Kalkaji Mandir, Delhi |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/arq-architectural-research-quarterly/article/sacred-architectures-as-monuments-a-study-of-the-kalkaji-mandir-delhi/AC870DEB108A62C5C2356479CCD1B8BE |journal=ARQ: Architectural Research Quarterly |volume=26 |issue=1 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=47-56 |doi=10.1017/S1359135522000380 |access-date=2025-08-20 |doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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According to a Hindu legend, Kalika Devi was born at the site where the temple is situated.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Gazetteer of Delhi, 1912 |date=2011 |publisher=Aryan Books International |location=[[New Delhi]] |isbn=9788173054167 |page=409 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jv21AAAAIAAJ |access-date=18 November 2020 |archive-date=27 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827172651/https://books.google.com/books?id=Jv21AAAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==Rituals==<br />
During the twice-yearly nine-day Hindu festival of [[Navratri]], in spring and autumn, a large fair is organized in which devotees sing hymns to the Hindu goddess [[Durga]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Grand 'aarti' performed at Delhi's Jhandewalan temple on 'Durga Ashtami' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/grand-aarti-performed-at-delhis-jhandewalan-temple-on-durga-ashtami/articleshow/78839009.cms |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=3 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103234402/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/grand-aarti-performed-at-delhis-jhandewalan-temple-on-durga-ashtami/articleshow/78839009.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kalka Cave Temple]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://skmpsc.org/ Official website]<br />
* [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kalkaji+mandir/@28.5498204,77.2581356,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x390ce3c2fe2bd79b:0x95af156342417767!8m2!3d28.5498204!4d77.2607105!16s%2Fm%2F03qfr0q?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D Kalkaji Mandir, Delhi] [[Google Maps]]<br />
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[[Category:Kali temples]]<br />
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