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Kripamayee Kali Temple (Template:Lang-bn Kripamôyee Kali Môndir), commonly known as Joy Mitra Kalibari (Template:Lang-bn, Jôy Mitrô Kalibari ), is a Hindu temple located on the eastern banks of Hooghly river at Baranagar (in Greater Kolkata) in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of Paschimbanga (West Bengal). The presiding deity of the temple is Kripamayee ("She who is merciful"), a form of Kali. The temple was built in 1848 by Jai Narayan Mitra, a famous zamindar and a devotee of Kali. It is a colossal nabaratna (nine-spired) temple with twelve shrines dedicated to Shiva, Kali's consort.[1]
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- ↑ Paschimbanger Kali O Kalikshetra{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Mondal Book House(2001)
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