Kali-Ma
AUM! OM! OM! OM! I am forever YOURS, oh my great and wonderful LOVE! I dedicate myself forever and always to your explosive beauty and your terrifying horror!
It will be my focus, generally, to feature Kali on Her own here, with certain important exceptions.
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Mother Kali
Benign and socially-integrated images of the Mother Kali (Kali-Ma).
Kali surrounded by phases of a girl's and woman's life; from devotees website: Kāli Maa Conceptual Devotional Exploration
Kali nursing; modern; from Etsy
Tantric Kali / Smashana Kali
Images of Kali on cremation grounds, especially. These icons are more brutal and frightening than the domestic Mother or amorous Lover graphics.
Traditional art; Kali standing atop a copulating couple (monarchs) who are laying on a burning giant lotus flower
Kali seated upon a corpse and his spirit
Smashana Kali (Cremation Grounds Goddess), traditional from a blog; also features Shiva
Smashana Kali by Ravimishra085; from devotees website: Kāli Maa Conceptual Devotional Exploration
Smashana Kali by P.C. Biswas, West Bengal, Calcutta, ca. 1880–85; from the Metropolitan Museum website
Warrior Kali / Horror Queen Kali
Kali as painted by Raja Ravi Varma; from Wikipedia
Giant Kali Warrior receiving offerings; from amazon
The heart of the Nautilus; Captain Nemo (a Sikh warrior) worships in private at his Kali shrine on board; "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" film (fiction), still; it seems likely that She has one foot atop the body of Shiva, lying on the floor
A demon temple for thuggees; "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" film (fiction), still
The Temple of Doom, Kali as a demon in fiction
Durga Images
Durga statue, India; "Carved sculpture of Goddess Durga in Mahishasur Mardini avatar at Rani ki Vav, Patan, Gujarat, BHARAT (India)" from Ancient Hindu Facebook page
