Is Kali Terrible? Goddess Kali’s Symbolism
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- kali-fifty2-029
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- KALI-50B2-029
- Author or attribution
- Swami Chetanananda
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 1996
- Source / repository
- Kali Mandir Puja Program, 1996; republished in its official archive
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- 50 Full-Text Sources — Batch 2, November 2026; Devotional writing and Bengali temple history
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Explains Kali’s theological relation to Brahman and the symbolism of her name, complexion, tongue, heads, arms, nakedness, Shiva, and Dakshina/Vama forms.
Curator source KALI-50B2-029. Devotional writing and Bengali temple history. Export dated 5 November 2026.
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29 Is Kali Terrible? Goddess Kali’s Symbolism
Swami Chetanananda • 1996
Original theological and iconographic essay • English
Kali Mandir Puja Program, 1996; republished in its official archive
Explains Kali’s theological relation to Brahman and the symbolism of her name, complexion, tongue, heads, arms, nakedness, Shiva, and Dakshina/Vama forms.
Access check: Read complete body (about 870 words), closing prayer and original-publication credit naming the 1996 Kali Mandir Puja Program. Full text available before comments.
Full text: https://www.kalimandir.org/post/is-kali-terrible
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Swami Chetanananda. Is Kali Terrible? Goddess Kali’s Symbolism. Kali Mandir Puja Program, 1996; republished in its official archive. 1996. Original theological and iconographic essay. https://www.kalimandir.org/post/is-kali-terrible
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