Shri Kalkaji Mandir

Kalkaji Mandir, also called Kalkaji Temple, is a Hindu mandir or temple, devoted to the Hindu Goddess Kali. The temple is located inside the southern a part of Delhi, in Kalkaji, a locality that has derived its name from the temple and is placed contrary the Nehru Place commercial enterprise centre and close to the Okhla railway station. Hindus agree with that the image of the Goddess Kalka here is a self-manifested one, and that the shrine dates back to Satya Yuga when the Goddess Kalika had incarnated and killed the demon Raktabija along side other large demons.

Though the temple is thought to be plenty older, the oldest portions of the present constructing are believed to were constructed no longer in advance than the 1764 AD via the Marathas, with additions in 1816 with the aid of Mirza Raja Kidar Nath, the Peshkar of Akbar II During the second half of the 20th century, a significant number of dharamshalas had been built around the temple by means of Hindu bankers and traders of Delhi.