MAHAKALI FESTIVAL
Mahakali festival is held at Khalor in Howrah district in the month of Bhadra (August – September) and Poush (December to January) every year.
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In the famous rent roll of Todar Mal referred to in the Ain–i–Akbari, the place appears to have been mentions Kharar and as one of the components of sarkar Satagaon. The main attraction of the village is the temple of Mahakali, said to have been built by one Raja Kandarpanarayan, a resident of the village, late in the 16th century. The shrine, now a flat roofed masonry structure, appear to have been renovated several times and the present image, built of neem wood, was installed here in 1295 B.S. to ancillary temples dedicated to Shiva, the consort Kali the flank the main shrine. Special festival in honour of Mahakali are held on the new moon days in Bhadra (August – September) and Poush (December – January) as also on the last day of Chaitra (April). In a small temple of Dharma near by are installed several interesting tortoise shaped emblems of the same deity.
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