

Kali is worshipped by Hindus throughout India. Kali is often portrayed standing or dancing on her consort, the Hindu god Shiva, who lies calm and prostrate beneath her. She is also seen as the divine protector and the one who bestows moksha, or liberation. Shakteya Hindu and Tantric sects additionally worship her as the ultimate reality or Brahman. Over time, Kali has been worshipped by devotional movements and tantric sects variously as the Divine Mother, Mother of the Universe, Adi Shakti, or Adi Parashakti.

She is the most powerful form of Shakti, and the goddess of one of the four subcategories of the Kaulamārga, a category of tantric Saivism.
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Kali’s earliest appearance is that of a destroyer of evil forces.
