Kali

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Hindu goddess deity

Kali is a fierce and powerful Hindu goddess associated with time, destruction, and the transformative power that annihilates evil.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kala	1
Kalika	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu goddess ⓘ deity ⓘ
abode	Himalayas ⓘ cremation ground ⓘ
associatedWith	Devi ⓘ surface form: Shakti annihilation of evil ⓘ destruction ⓘ liberation (moksha) ⓘ time ⓘ transformation ⓘ
color	black ⓘ dark blue ⓘ
depictedWith	four arms ⓘ lolling tongue ⓘ ten arms ⓘ three eyes ⓘ
epithet	Devi ⓘ surface form: Bhadrakali Chamunda ⓘ Dakshina Kali ⓘ Kali self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kalika Devi ⓘ surface form: Mahakali Smashana Kali ⓘ
festival	Kali Puja ⓘ Navaratri ⓘ
formOf	Devi ⓘ surface form: Durga Devi ⓘ surface form: Parvati
gender	female ⓘ
majorRegionOfWorship	Assam ⓘ People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Orissa ⓘ surface form: Odisha West Bengal ⓘ
mount	jackal ⓘ lion ⓘ tiger ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
represents	cosmic power ⓘ destruction of ego ⓘ fierce compassion ⓘ time (Kala) ⓘ
spouse	Shiva ⓘ
standsOn	Shiva ⓘ
symbol	blood ⓘ severed head ⓘ skull belt ⓘ skull garland ⓘ sword ⓘ trident ⓘ
textMention	Devi Mahatmya ⓘ Puranas ⓘ
weapon	khadga (curved sword) ⓘ trident ⓘ
worshipTradition	Shaktism ⓘ Tantra ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diwali → associatedDeity → Kali ⓘ

Shaktism → associatedDeity → Kali ⓘ

Kali Linux → codeName → Kali ⓘ

Kali → epithet → Kali self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalika

Devi → hasAspect → Kali ⓘ

Hinduism → hasDeity → Kali ⓘ

Kali Puja → mainDeity → Kali ⓘ

Yama → otherName → Kali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kala