Tattva

Maha Kali, the first of the ten Mahavidhyas, is perhaps one of the best known goddesses of Hinduism. She is the very force behind the movement of time, our very life and the order that maintains it. Fearful though she appears, she is capable of granting the ashta siddhis to her Upasakas. She is portrayed as dark blue in colour, her eyes wide open, her tongue rolling wildly, dressed with severed human heads and hands and wearing garlands of skulls with various arms bearing different weapons. She is often shown straddling over a corpse (which is in the form of Shiva) amidst a blood spattered battle field or a cremation ground. She represents death and beyond, thus standing for all eternity as the only ultimate truth.

Deepak Saagar is a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati.

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