Boro Maa Kali Temple, Naihati

Boro Maa Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Naihati, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal in India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition.

The temple’s history dates a century back to 1923, when a young man named Bhavesh Chakraborty had a dream after visiting Nabadwip and witnessing the grandeur of the idols there. Inspired, he returned to Naihati and built a 22-foot-tall idol of Goddess Kali, which has over the years, come to be known as the "Boro Maa".

In this temple, Maa Kali is worshipped as per the beliefs of Vaishnavism in her fierce form as the pitch-dark Raksha Kali or Shamshan Kali, symbolising destruction and renewal. As per the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana and Shakti Peetha Stotram, it is one of the 52 Shakta pithas in India. Every year it is visited by lakhs of devotees and pilgrims from different parts of India.