A priest in the Kalighat temple depicts the story of foundation of the temple at the request of some visitors at the temple. There used to be Adi Ganga which is now the Tali canal. Goddess Sati’s body fell there and therefore Kalighat temple is a ‘peeth’. The priest went on telling about the visits of the saints like Sadhak Ramprasad, Kamalakanto, Bamakhyapa and Ramkrishna. According to mythology, when Goddess Sati died, Lord Shiva bereaved by Sati's death got agitated and started destructing the world. To save the world from destruction, Lord Vishnu (Narayan) sectioned Sati's body ...
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