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“O Mother, even a dullard becomes
a poet who meditates upon thee raiment
with space, three-eyed, creatrix of
the three worlds, whose waist is beautiful
with a girdle made of numbers of dead
men's arms...”
--From
Karpuradistotra hymn. Translated by
Sir John Woodroffe
Kali Puja is the essential element
of Diwali puja. Actually, Kali is
the fearful form of Goddess Durga.
She is worshipped on the Kartik Amavasya
night that’s falls in October or November.
Primarily Kali puja is performed to
remove all negative energies and its
ego that blocks the path of divine
progress. Kaliji is also worshipped
to aid in destroying both in the worldly
evil as well as evil within us. Kali
puja is the powerful invocation to
the ferocious goddess to ask for Her
help.
There is a mythological legend behind
kali puja. Long ago, two demons, Shambhu
and Nishambhu disturbed the peace
of heaven and the King of gods, Indra.
Even after many wars between demons
and gods, their tyranny did not end.
Consequently gods lost all hope of
killing them. Lord Indra took refuge
in the Himalaya Mountains under the
shelter of Lord Shiva and Goddess
Parvati. They invoked Goddess Durga
to help them out from the cruelty
of these two demons. This Goddess
of Shakti gave birth to Kal Bhoi Nashini,
an incarnation. Goddess Kali was born
from the head of Durga. And this goddess
killed the demons.
Thereafter, the day of night of Diwali,
many people also perform Kali puja.
Shyama Kali pujan ends all evils and
gives new hope of life. The Kali puja
also protects against natural catastrophes
like flood, war and drought. It bestows
us with ultimate happiness, health,
wealth and prosperity. Indeed, Kali
puja is symbol of ultimate power.
Hence, many ‘sadhus’ and ‘tantrics’
perform pujas to gain supernatural
powers in order to help mankind. Hence,
Kali puja is particularly performed
at midnight in November.
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