This temple to goddess Kali was built in 1760 by Nandadulal Roy Choudhury ( Alias Nandadalal. Born 1722) of Baro Bari. Nandadulal was the only son of Krishnadeva, the founder of Baro Bari, and the grandson of the illustrious Zamindar Ray Keshavram Majumdar Choudhury. He had three sons namely Raghabendra, Ramcharan and Jagannath. His youngest child was a daughter named Karunamoyee. The daughter was very dear to the father. But sadly she left for the Heavenly abode at an early age of seven. Nandadulal was very much saddened and grieved at this. He lost his touch with the world completely. Then suddenly one night he dreamt of the divine Mother comforting him in the disguise of his deceased daughter. After this incident he got erected a big Navaratna temple accompanied with another twelve aatchala Shiva temples and consecrated the Deity of goddess Kali in the name of his daughter Karunamoyee.
The present temple was constructed by the present family sebayets. The temple is situated at Tollygunge in South Kolkata. It is said that Rani Rashmoni built her famous Dakshineshwar temple on the design of this temple (the old one). The Karunamoyee temple is noted for its undisturbed sanctity.
At present, Ashok Roy Choudhury, a young responsible family member and a dedicated devotee is the Sebayet of the temple. The Kali Pujo and Kalpataru Utsav are the main celebrations.