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By Subhamoy Das, About.com

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Kalighat, West Bengal

Kalighat, in Calcutta (Kolkata), is an important pilgrimage for tantriks. It is said that when Sati's corpse was cut into pieces, one of her fingers fell at this spot. Many goats are sacrificed here before the Goddess Kali, and innumerable tantriks take their vows of self-discipline in this Kali temple.

Bishnupur in Bankura district of West Bengal is another place from where they draw their tantrik powers. Intent on worshipping the Goddess Manasa, they make their way to Bishnupur for an annual snake worship festival held in August every year. Bishnupur is also an ancient and well-known cultural and crafts center.

(With inputs from Tantrik Master Shri Aghorinath Ji.)

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