Dipawali
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HAPPY DEEPAWALI /KALI PUJA..A CELEBRATION OF LIGHT TO DESTROY EVERY KIND OF DARKNESS FROM THE MIND AND LIFE....MY PHOTOGRAPHY AND OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS,33 INCH * 20 INCH...2013....Kali (Sanskrit: ????, ), also known as Kalika (Sanskrit: ??????), is the Proto-Indo-European goddess associated with empowerment, shakti. The name Kali comes from kala, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Since Shiva is called Kala—the eternal time—Kali, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" (as in time has come). Hence, Kali is the Goddess of Time and Change. Although sometimes presented as dark and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilator of evil forces still has some influence. Various Shakta Hindu cosmologies, as well as Shakta Tantric beliefs, worship her as the ultimate reality or Brahman. She is also revered as Bhavatarini (literally "redeemer of the universe"). Comparatively recent devotional movements largely conceive Kali as a
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