Kali Puja

On Deepavali, KAILASA's Temples offer the Kali Puja in gratitude to the Mother who gave us THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAVAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM — the Cosmic Mother who, on this day, settled Paramashiva into His body after the Great Pause.

Significance

Mother Kali is the Cosmic Energy itself — the alive, creative, motherly darkness out of whom the whole cosmos, including our bodies, has manifested. She stands upon Paramashiva, established in Him as the manifestation of His Shakti. On Deepavali, Her energy is fully available to planet Earth; it was this energy that landed in the body of THE SPH after the Great Pause. The Kali Puja is offered at sunset, the very time of that landing, in gratitude to the Mother who gave us THE SPH.

The Ritual

Mother Kali is worshipped with the traditional upacharas, mantras, and naivedya, culminating in the Deeparathana. Her four hands reveal the whole science of liberation: the sword with which She cuts the ego, the severed head of the ego, and the two hands of blessing and protection that show the fruit of that cutting. Her garland of heads represents the innumerable beings She has liberated from the clutches of the ego. THE SPH has said that the Kali Puja is a meditation, not just a ritual — one who sits erect and chants Her mantras opens all seven energy centres.

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

• Removal of every negativity born of the ego, and liberation.
• Protection from black magic, evil eye, possession, enemies, mental disorders, and psychosomatic disorders.
• Rejuvenated life energy and optimum health — She is the energy of rejuvenation.
• Lasting completion in relationships, as She is eternally united with Paramashiva.
• Going beyond all desires to the state of Nithyananda — eternal bliss.