INTRODUCTION
Kali also called as Kali Devi is one among the Mahavidyas and considered as a great goddess in Hinduism. She is worshipped for getting relieved from black magic, prolonged illness, to get great spiritual power and to obtain more mental and physical strength.Kali appeared in order to destroy the evil forces. She is the incarnation of Shakti, and worshipped widely in Saivism sect. She is a great protector and offers moksha to us.
She is also called as Bhadra Kali, and his consort is Lord Veerabhadra, an avatar of Lord Shiva, created by Lord Shiva in order to destroy the yagna of Lord Daksha. She is referred in ancient hindu texts and puranas. Her glory is mentioned in the sacred text Devi Mahatmyam. She also destroyed the demons Madhu,Kaitapa,Chanda, Munda,Raktabija and several other.
It is also believed that once,some thieves brought the great “JADABHARATA” to sacrifice him to Kali, since the saint Jadabharata was one of the brahma’s foremost sons,a huge spark appeared from his body and burnt the idol of Kali, she immediately appeared from the idol and killed the thieves and blessed “JADABHARATA”.
She also appears in Mahakali form in the temple of Ujjain city. She was also worshiped by the great king “VIKRAMADITYA” who was the ruler of UJJAIN during that time. She also blessed Kalidasa and safeguarded him throughout his life. Her appearance is described as black in colour and looks very beautiful and always shows kindness to her sincere devotees and destroys the evil ones. She is considered as the Mother of the entire Universe.
Saint Ramakrishna was an ardent devotee of Mata Kali Devi and worshiped her at Dakshineswar Mata Kali Temple, Kolkata, he attained SALVATION through her grace. Many saints and devotees were blessed and got salvation through her. She showers her grace on us, if we sincerely worship her with pure devotion in our mind. She gives her helping hands to us, in troubled situations. She also worshipped to remove the evil spirits from our place and to get rid of several doshams occurred due to our planetary positions.
IMPORTANCE
By seeing her terrible or fierce form, no need to get afraid of her. After all, she is our holy mother, who always act kindly to us . She took the avatar only for the sake of protecting the weak persons from the bad and wicked persons. She always comes with us in our every walk of life and safeguards us in our every moment of life.
Let us worship the holy mother and be blessed.
“OM SREE KALIDEVIYE NAMAHA”
“OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”
WRITTEN BYR. HARISHANKAR
