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 Posted on: 12 July 2011

The Dakshineshwar temple, Ballygunge, Calcutta - 1851

A hand-coloured print of Dakshineshwar temple, from the Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and Surrounding Districts, taken by Frederick Fiebig in 1851.

The Dakshineshwar temple located along the Hooghly River in Calcutta was built by Rani Rashmoni in 1855. The main temple dedicated to the goddess Kali is a tall Nava-ratna temple. Within the temple complex there are twelve smaller temples devoted to Shiva, Radha and Krishna. As the Rani was not a Brahmin not many priests agreed to serve the temple except Ramakrishna and his brother. Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886) became one of India's greatest religious philosophers and his room in the temple complex is now a museum. This is a view of the Kali Temple with an unidentified building in European style standing in the foreground.

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Amita do you know when did she become widow? How many kids did she have?

Amita Bailey Bridge or a Bally Bridge?

@Sushil Talwar. It is Bally Bridge. The Bailey Bridge was an entirely different affair, a portable and easily erectable mechanical wonder invented by the British during World War II, and subsequently used extensively all over the world. Most bridges over rivers in difficult terrain are Bailey Bridges - you'll find a lot of them over the Indus, Shyok and other rivers in Ladakh, and over other rivers in the North-East, all built by the Indian Army of course.

Incidentally, Rani Rashmoni laid a chain across the Hooghly river to prevent English ships coming in. Isn't that correct, @Amita Roy?

The bridge is actually called Willingdon Bridge, but hardly anyone uses the name (if they know it at all). If you're travelling either by train or bus (the bridge is a dual carriage way) you'll see the name boards at either end - that is, if they're still there; they were when I traversed it all of 35 years ago. Bally Bridge is how it is commonly known in Calcutta and Howrah.