Kali Pratima

The Kali Pratima is the sacred form of Mother Kali installed and worshipped in KAILASA's Temples for the Deepavali Kali Puja — offered in gratitude to the Mother who gave us THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAVAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM.

Significance

The Pratima is the sacred form of Mother Kali in which She is invoked and worshipped for the Deepavali night. To sponsor the Pratima is to offer the very body through which Devi graces the festival — the form through which every devotee present receives Her darshan.

The Offering

The yajaman of this seva sponsors the Pratima of Mother Kali installed and worshipped in the temple for the Kali Puja. The form is consecrated and receives every puja and ritual offered to Kali during the celebration.

When

• Sun 8 Nov (Naraka Chaturdashi & Deepavali) · 6:00 PM IST (Sun 8 Nov, 8:30 AM ET) · Adi Kailasa · NJK · Hyderabad · SSJP · Salem · Trishulam

Shastra Pramana

भ्रुकुटीकुटिलात्तस्या ललाटफलकाद्द्रुतम् । काली करालवदना विनिष्क्रान्तासिपाशिनी ॥

bhrukuṭīkuṭilāt tasyā lalāṭaphalakād drutam | kālī karālavadanā viniṣkrāntāsipāśinī ||

Translation: “From the surface of Her forehead, knit with frowning brows, there swiftly emerged Kali, of terrible countenance, bearing sword and noose.” — Devī Māhātmyam, Chapter 7 (the emergence of Kālī)

Benefits

• The punya of all the pujas and rituals offered to Mother Kali.
• Because the form of Kali is offered for the sake of the worship and for all the devotees, the darshan of Kali in one's own life.
• The blessings of Kali — protection, rejuvenation, and liberation from the ego.