Goddess Kali

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Hindu goddess deity of destruction form of the Goddess

Goddess Kali is a fierce and powerful Hindu deity associated with time, destruction, and liberation, revered as a protective mother figure who annihilates evil and ego.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kali	0
Goddess Bhadrakali	2
Bhadrakali	1
Bhavatarini Kali	1
Kali (Hindu goddess)	1
goddess Kali	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu goddess ⓘ deity of destruction ⓘ form of the Goddess ⓘ
associatedWith	Shakti NERFINISHED ⓘ death ⓘ destruction ⓘ ego-destruction ⓘ liberation ⓘ time ⓘ
consort	Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
domain	cremation grounds ⓘ
epithet	Bhadrakali NERFINISHED ⓘ Dakshina Kali NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalika NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahakali NERFINISHED ⓘ Smashana Kali NERFINISHED ⓘ
festival	Kali Puja NERFINISHED ⓘ Navaratri NERFINISHED ⓘ
formOf	Adi Parashakti NERFINISHED ⓘ Parvati NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	dark or black complexion ⓘ garland of skulls ⓘ lolling tongue ⓘ skirt of severed arms ⓘ standing on Shiva ⓘ
majorTemple	Dakshineswar Kali Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalighat Kali Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamakhya Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Mahavidyas NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfProminentWorship	Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
role	destroyer of evil ⓘ liberator of souls ⓘ protective mother ⓘ
symbolizes	end of the ego ⓘ transformation ⓘ ultimate reality beyond time ⓘ
textualSource	Devi Mahatmya NERFINISHED ⓘ Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ
weapon	severed head ⓘ sword ⓘ trident ⓘ
worshippedAs	Mother Goddess ⓘ giver of moksha ⓘ protector from evil ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Bhadrakali Temple Pehowa → dedicatedTo → Goddess Kali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Goddess Bhadrakali

Dakshineswar Kali Temple → dedicatedTo → Goddess Kali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bhavatarini Kali

Mahanisha Puja → dedicatedTo → Goddess Kali ⓘ

this entity surface form: goddess Kali

Mola Ram → loyalTo → Goddess Kali ⓘ

Bonalu → mainDeity → Goddess Kali ⓘ

Kalka → namedAfter → Goddess Kali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kali (Hindu goddess)

Bhadrakali Temple Pehowa → primaryDeity → Goddess Kali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bhadrakali

Bhadrakali Temple Pehowa → worshippedDeity → Goddess Kali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Goddess Bhadrakali