Dimapur Kalibari
Dimapur, Nagaland, India
- Deities
- Kali
- Traditions
- shakta
- Worship status
- active
- Coordinates
- 25.9042, 93.7253
- Darshan hours
- Varies by temple and season; consult the temple's own management committee for the current daily schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- October to March for cooler weather; Durga Puja and Kali Puja, in autumn, are the temple's major observances.
- How to reach
- Located in Dimapur town, Nagaland's principal commercial hub and the state's main transport gateway, with its own airport and railway station.
- Festivals
- Durga Puja (September/October), Kali Puja (October/November)
Location
Open in Google MapsNagaland is overwhelmingly Christian, and Hindu temple presence in the state is limited and comparatively recent, concentrated mainly in Dimapur, its main commercial and transport town near the Assam border. The Dimapur Kalibari, a temple dedicated to the goddess Kali, was built in 1956 and marked its golden jubilee in 2006, making it one of the state’s few sustained centers of organized Hindu worship, serving the Bengali, Marwari, Nepali and other Hindu communities settled in and around Dimapur.
Unlike many of the older temples in this directory, the Kalibari’s history is straightforward and modern rather than legendary: no myth of divine origin or ancient founding is attached to it in available sources, and it functions as a conventional Kali temple observing the standard Shakta festival calendar, most prominently Durga Puja and Kali Puja each autumn. The specific individual or community credited with establishing the temple in 1956 is not documented in the sources checked for this entry.
Sources
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's Dimapur Kalibari article: confirms the temple was built in 1956, is dedicated to the goddess Kali, and marked its golden jubilee in 2006. The article does not name a specific founder or founding community.
For review
- The Wikipedia source does not identify a specific individual or organization credited with founding the temple in 1956; this detail could not be independently verified.