The Age of Kālī: Contemporary Iterations of the Kaliyug in the Kullu Valley of the Western Himalayas

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Catalogue identifier: klm000087
Alternate titles and import identifiers: KLM000087
Author or attribution: Ehud Halperin
Record type: Article
Language: English
Date / edition: 2014-07
Source / repository: University of KwaZulu-Natal, Nidān
Access: Open access
Subjects: KLM Research Sources — Second Set, 5 November 2026; Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles; Contemporary Worship and Living Traditions; Temples, Sacred Places, and Historical Worship

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Drawing on Kullu Valley fieldwork, Halperin examines how cosmic ages frame rapid social and environmental change. A sustained section documents devotees’ identification of Haḍimbā with Kālī through temple signs, a devotional song and interviews. He distinguishes the goddess from the male Kali associated with the age, then analyzes local explanations that place Haḍimbā-Kālī in charge of contemporary history. The argument connects this identification with the goddess’s increasing prominence while preserving her fierce regional character.

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The Age of Kālī: Contemporary Iterations of the Kaliyug in the Kullu Valley of the Western Himalayas

Author and date: Ehud Halperin • 2014-07

Publication: University of KwaZulu-Natal, Nidān. Nidān: International Journal for the Study of Hinduism 26 (1), July 2014, pp 42–64. Article at PDF pages 54–76 of complete 120-page issue.

Language: English

Kali relevance: Dedicated pp 54–62: temple signs/song pp 55–56; goddess-versus-male-Kali distinction pp 56–57; further interviews p 59 and analysis pp 61–62.

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Subjects: Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles; Contemporary Worship and Living Traditions; Temples, Sacred Places, and Historical Worship

Dates: Modern secondary scholarship; Modern published scholarly text; see publication date

Verification and limits: Complete article and sustained goddess section inspected. Targeted comparison with the related dissertation supports a distinct argument, not wholly separate fieldwork. Local Haḍimbā–Kālī identification is not a universal equivalence.

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Ehud Halperin. The Age of Kālī: Contemporary Iterations of the Kaliyug in the Kullu Valley of the Western Himalayas. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Nidān. Nidān: International Journal for the Study of Hinduism 26 (1), July 2014, pp 42–64. Article at PDF pages 54–76 of complete 120-page issue. 2014-07. https://nidan.ukzn.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nidan-Volume-26-July-2014_2-min.pdf#page=54

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