kali

=**The Hindu Goddess Kali**= source The goddess Kali is the Hind goddess of eternal energy time and change. The name Kali means the black one. She is equated with the eternal night, many cultures call call her the goddess of destruction but she destructs only to recreate. Kali is often time refered to as the "dark mother". ? She has a very different apperance from other gods and deities, she haas four arms with a sword in one hand and the head of a demon in the other. She has two dead heads for earrings and a string skull as a neclace. She also wears a girdle made of human hands as her clothing. Her unusually long tounge is usually sticking from her mouth, her eyes are red and she is usually stained with blood. She is usually shown in pictures with one foot on the thigh and the then another foot on the dead corpse of her husband Shiva. Kali can be called many different names like: Shyama, Adya Ma, Tara Ma and Dakshina Kalika. Those are her most common names.Kali has some know tempels in eastern India Vamakhyapa, and Ramprasad are some of the known devotees of Kali. Most worshipers love the goddess like it was their own mother.Kali was know to be an uncontrollably violent goddess she was only able to be tamed by her husband Shiva. Kali is one of the most misunderstood goddesses in Hinduism, Kali is said to have come from Parvati. People who believe and worship Kali are usually Indian or live in India, since Hinduism is a very strong belief there. Kali's main purpose was to protect against demons and be a maternal careing mother to her children but she was never shown to kill anything else other than demons.

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