Sri Veerama Kaliamman Temple (at Serangoon and Belelios Road) Crossing SerangoonLocation: 141 Serangoon Road, Singapore (junction of Serangoon and Belelios Road) This temple is dedicated to the Goddess Kali, one of the most popular manifestations of Devi (the Great Goddess). Goddesses play an important role in Hinduism, and the cult of female-worship may have existed in the Indus Valley Civilization (c. 2500 B. C). Caption by Medha Malik Kudaisya; photograph by George P. Landow (April 2001). |
Vidya Dehijia, (ed), Devi. The Great Goddess. Female Divinity in South Asian Art. Washington, D.C., Arthur M. Shackler Gallery, 1999.