Durga &Kali
The victory of Goddess Durga over the wicked spirit Mahishasura represents the victory of humankind’s higher principles over its more base goals. It created the Goddess Durga out of the torrent of lightning that was pouring forward from the mouths of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Mahesh when they confronted the evil presence of King Mahishasura (Shiva). Goddess Durga depended on the Holy Trinity for her weapons.
Maa Kali embodies quality and represents the uglier side of existence. Fans have faith that the Goddess Kali would protect them from evil spirits and their icy chilly nature. Followers revere her several names, including Shyama, Adya Maa, Tara Maa, Dakshina Kalika, Shaan Kali, Chamundi, and Bhadrakali. She has four arms and a sword in her upper left hand ashand,l as the head of an evil spirit in her lower left. Her two other hands favour her followers. They both cover her bedside, and her eyes are crimson. Three eyes represent the past, present, and future. She had to destroy every catastrophe and all of its savagery. She is so charming in her murderous spree that she persisted in killing everything in her line of sight. Lord Shiva threw himself under her feet to halt this. She put her tongue out in amazement at this Lord Shiva spectacle. From this point forward, we have the typical image of Kali still standing with her feet on Shiv’s stomach and her tongue hanging out.
Something revere everywhere maa Kali in Bengal, and there is a Kali Temple in almost every town, including Delhi. She is probably one of the most effective representations of Shakti, a primitive celestial ladylike vitality, in existence. There are many Kali-blessings’d sacred sites in Kolkata. Today, I’ll take you to Dakshineswar Kali Temple, one of the biggest and best-documented temples dedicated to the goddess Kali.
The Untold Stories
The cunning evil presence lord Mahishasura took advantage of the Gods’ exhaustion after their battle with the devils to gather an army and proclaim himself the ruler of heaven and the universe.
When Vishnu heard about this impiety, he became enraged and released an unpleasant light from his temple. Shiva, who was also enraged, got up from his lofty position of reflection and projected a piercing beam of blinding light in Vishnu’s direction. Brahma, Indra, and the other powerful gods followed suit, each sending forward piercing light beams. Each of the Gods’ light beams gathered together at this moment, and over time, the dazzling convergence of light materialised as a woman.
Shiva’s light formed her face; Yama provided her hair, and Vishnu gave her arms. The moon God Chandra’s rays fashioned her two bosoms. Varuna exposed her thighs, while Indra flaunted her waist. Brahma gave her feet, and Earth gave her hips. The flame god Agni created her three eyes, using light. All spiritual beings gave their energy in this way to manifest the favourable Devi, the enormous Mother Goddess (we got Devi from the Sanskrit root word “div” which means “to sparkle”- the Shining One).
The Devi continued to thunder loudly and cackle in a scary, defiant manner, unaffected. Following that, her 10 arms swung around, smashing the evil spirits’ weapons and throwing them back at their attackers. She snatched up many wicked spirits without moving a muscle and slashed them with her sword. Some demonic spirits she didn’t really strive to capture. She first stunned them with the enormous clamour of her ringer before smashing them to pieces with her mace.
The malicious spirit Raktabija caused a good deal of trouble for the wild Mother Goddess. He possessed a powerful supernatural ability that allowed him to create new evil spirits from his own unique blood. Every time the Goddess hurt him, another wicked spirit of quality and severity sprouted from the blood that fell to the earth. Whatever the case, the Mother eventually outwitted him. To prevent spilling his blood on the ground, she grabbed Raktabija and hoisted him high into the air. She then ground him between her teeth, drank his blood, and gulped him down.
Other devils attempted to pass off the Goddess as one of their supernatural powers. When the Devi overpowered them, they altered their shape and colouring. Who, however, can escape the enormous Mother? The Devi quickly captured these terrible spirits, who were bound by her noose and spat blood. She also pulled them over the battle area, where dozens of evil presences had been effectively divided in half by the sharp strokes of her sword, like a child pulling a toy train.
The Devi grabbed a few elephants with one hand and threw them into her mouth where she fiercely mashed them up with her teeth along with the bad presence drivers. She grabbed the neck of one wicked force and the hair of another. She crushed one with the weight of her foot while smashing another with her body.
The Early 1800s Dakshineshwar temple