Kalighat Temple

Japanese: カーリガート寺院 - かーりがーとじいん
Kalighat Temple

...This goddess is the principal deity in various sects of Tantra, and in the Middle Ages, it is said that a group of witches (yoginis, dakinis) secretly performed human sacrifices to this goddess in cemeteries. Even today, bloody rituals such as decapitating a goat for this goddess are performed at the Kalighat Temple in Calcutta. [Katsuhiko Uemura]...

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to "Kalighat Temple" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この女神はタントラ教の諸派で本尊とされ,中世には,この女神に墓地で人身御供を捧げる魔女(ヨーギニー,ダーキニー)たちの群れが暗躍したという。現代でも,カルカッタのカーリガート寺院で,この女神のためにヤギの首を斬るなど血なまぐさい儀式が行われている。【上村 勝彦】。…

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