Firingi Kalibari is a temple dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Kali located on B.B.

[1] The temple is said to be over 200 years old and is named after its association with Anthony Firingee (1786-1839), a European who converted to Hinduism and was a great devotee of Kali.

[4] But the thing to be noted is, no historical proof of Anthoy Firingee being associated with the temple has been found.

Historian Radharaman Mitra in his book "Kolkata Darpan" mentions that the association of Hensman Anthony with the temple is incorrect.

[6] According to another story from the book of Sir Harry Evan Cotton, which most historians believe, the temple was established by Dom Srimanta as a Shiv Mandir, in a small house on a shmashana, located inside the dense forests of that region.

[8] Sometimes he used to come to the temple while visiting his maternal uncle's house and sang hymns to the deities.

One time he sang "Bhajan pujan jani ne maa, jatete firingi.

Jadi daya kore kripa koro, hey Shiva Matangi."

[10] Many English and Portuguese people used to live in this region (Locally known as the "firingi sahebs").

[12] Over the last century, the temple is managed and the deities are worshipped by descendants of the Banerjee family.