Jai Maa KAALI ( Glorious Mother Kaali ) Pin

"It is never Kali who tames Shiva, but Shiva who calm Kali" Kali is battlefield goddess personifying the wrath of Durga. The Linga Purana (500 to 1000 CE) describes how Shiva asks Parvati to defeat the demon Daruka, whom only a female can kill. Parvati merges with Shiva, reappears as Kali and does the deed, but at a terrible cost; her bloodlust becomes uncontrollable, only calming when Shiva intervenes. Kali is often associated with Shiva. Her very name is the feminine form of Kāla, an epithet of Shiva, thus tying her inextricably to him. She is regarded as the shakti (power) of Shiva, and he her consort. She is closely linked with him in many of the Puranas and when she appears in these writings besides Shiva, she plays an oppo...