Built on a small hill, it started as a Shiv temple in 1973, which still stands within the complex, the larger shrines dedicated to goddess Kali, Shiva, and Radhakrishna were added in 1984.

Over the years it has remained an important centre of convergence of local Bengali community during annual Durga Puja festivities.

Managed by the Chittaranjan Park Kali Mandir Society, it organizes a number of cultural and religious events throughout the year.

Religious functions include the major five-day festival of Durga Puja, which is one of the most popular in Delhi[3] and attracts enormous crowds every day.

For procuring sufficient quantities of blue lotus, needed for sandhi puja, entire ponds from Bengal are booked well in advance.