Kolkata, April 26 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took the blessings of Goddess Kali at the historic over 300-year-old Thanthania Kalibari temple before embarking on his roadshow in North Kolkata ahead of the second phase of West Bengal Assembly Polls.

Thanthania Kalibari is one of the oldest and most revered Kali temples of Kolkata, established all the way back in 1703; its 300-year-old history predates even the city's formal development. Kali Ma is worshipped as Maa Siddheshwari, and the presiding deity is considered 'Jagrat'. It is said that Ramakrishna Paramahansa frequently visited the temple and sang devotional hymns to Maa Siddheswari.

The 'bani' which he said inside the temple has been engraved on its walls, which read...