Dakshinkali

Dakshinkali is a municipality in Kathmandu District in the Province No. 3 of Nepal that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Chalnakhel, Chhaimale, Sheshnarayan, Sokhel, Talku Dudechaur and Old-Dakshinkali. The municipality's name means 'Southern Kali' and refers to a several centuries old temple complex that lies in the vicinity.

Toponymy

Language origin

• Language family: Indoeuropean
• Language: Sanskrit

Etymology

“Dakshin” means south or the southern direction. “Kali” refers to the Hindu goddess Kali. Therefore, Dakshinkali is interpreted as “the temple/place of the goddess Kali in the south.”

Dakshin (दक्षिण) means “south, southern” and comes from Sanskrit दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa) meaning “south” or “right-hand side.” Kali (काली) is an Hindu goddess, from Sanskrit काली (Kālī) meaning “the black one, the dark goddess,” feminine of काल (kāla) meaning time, blackness, death. The toponym Dakshinkali is a compound Sanskrit name indicating a sacred site dedicated to the goddess Kali, located in the southern direction of the valley.

Population

Dakshinkali municipality has a total population of 24,297 according to 2011 Nepal census. The population grew to 26,372 at the 2021 Nepal census. Around 99.3% of the residents are Nepali citizens and 80% are literate.

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See also

• Dakshinkali Temple

References

External links

• Dakshinkali