Kali Bari Mandir in New Delhi is devoted to Goddess Kali. It is approximately small in size and quite unobtrusive in its design. The temple holds special connotation for the Bengali people enduring in the city, especially in the time of Durga Puja, held every in the month of October-November. While the temple becomes the center for celebrations and is fully filled by devotees of all ages, in large numbers. A impressive Peepal tree grows inside the temple and is considered to be quite sacred.
Devotees attending the Kali Bari Mandir tie a red thread around the bark of the tree while having a wish. If they get fulfilled, they come back to untie the thread. An unbelievable fact about the temple is, liquor is offered to the Goddess. The Kali Bari temple situated near the Lakshmi Narayan Mandir, is also visited by the North Indians. Though not extravagant like the various other temples in Delhi, it still attracted towards devotees from far and wide.
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