Her hair is shown disheveled, small fangs sometimes protrude out of her mouth and her tongue is lolling. Her eyes are described as red with intoxication and in absolute rage. The popular four-armed form : She is described as being black or blue in popular Indian art. Kali is worshipped by Hindus throughout India but particularly Bengal, Assam, Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, along with Nepal and Sri Lanka. She is often portrayed standing or dancing on her consort, the Hindu God Shiva, who lies calm and prostrate beneath her. Kali is the first of the 10 Mahavidyas, or manifestations of the Great Goddess, or ultimate reality. She is considered as the primordial mass from which all life arouse. She is the mother of the world and the treasure-house of compassion. However, in most of the interpretations she is portrayed as ferocious and evil. Kali Ma is simultaneously portrayed as the giver, the one who bestows moksha or liberation and destructor, principally of evil forces. She is considered as a ferocious form of Durga/Parvati, who is the consort of Lord Shiva. “Kali” also mean “the black one”, the feminine noun of the Sanskrit adjective Kala.
She, therefore, represents Time, Change, Power, Creation, Preservation and Destruction. The name Kali is derived from the Sanskrit word “Kala” or time. But due to her destructive powers Kali is also known as “Dark Mother”. Kali, the divine Protector of Earth, also known as Kalika is a Hindu goddess.
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