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'''Kali''' is the most fearsome of [[Shiva]]’s consorts. She is depicted as dark blue in color with fierce, blazing eyes. Kali is usually shown with a terrifying countenance, her tongue protruding, wearing a necklace of human skulls or heads and a belt of severed arms. In one hand she holds a sword, in the others she may hold the severed head of a demon, a shield or a noose; her hands may also make the sign of fearlessness and offer blessings and benefits. | '''Kali''' is the most fearsome of [[Shiva]]’s consorts. She is depicted as dark blue in color with fierce, blazing eyes. Kali is usually shown with a terrifying countenance, her tongue protruding, wearing a necklace of human skulls or heads and a belt of severed arms. In one hand she holds a sword, in the others she may hold the severed head of a demon, a shield or a noose; her hands may also make the sign of fearlessness and offer blessings and benefits. | ||
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The Indian state of Bengal is the land of the deepest devotion to Kali. [[Ramakrishna]] was one of her famous Bengali devotees. He saw Kali as a manifestation of the Highest Reality, one with Brahman. Paramahansa [[Yogananda]], the Bengali saint and yogi who came to live in America, also had profound experiences with Kali, who heard and answered his prayers. | The Indian state of Bengal is the land of the deepest devotion to Kali. [[Ramakrishna]] was one of her famous Bengali devotees. He saw Kali as a manifestation of the Highest Reality, one with Brahman. Paramahansa [[Yogananda]], the Bengali saint and yogi who came to live in America, also had profound experiences with Kali, who heard and answered his prayers. | ||
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