Kali Pooja Origins
Kali Ma called the "Dark Mother” on the night of Diwali (Amavasya, the darkest night), while the rest of India worships Lakshmi, the goddess of
prosperity, Eastern India, particularly West Bengal worships Kali, the Goddess symbolizing strength. Spectacular images of Kali, installed by the community, are worshipped and immersed in rivers or sea. Kartik is the opening month of the year of the Vikram era.
A 1768 publication Shyam Sarpya Biddhi by Kashinath mentions, the celebration of Kali Puja. It is said that Maharaja Krishnan Chandra of Nawadweep gave an order that everyone, in his domain should worship Kali. Punishment was given to the defaulters. Thus more than 10,000 images of Kali began to be worshipped in his domain. Before the present Kali Puja, Ratanti Kali Puja was celebrated in ancient times.
It is believed that the present form of the image of Kali, is due to a dream seen by Krishnanand, author of Tantric Saar, that he should make her image after
the figure, he saw first in the morning. The image should then be worshipped. At dawn Krishnanand sa a dark complexioned girl with left food protruding and making cow dung cakes with her right hand. Her body was shining with white dots. While wiping off the sweat from her forehead with left hand, the vermilion had been spread in her parted hair. The hair was disarranged. All of a sudden, seeing an elderly, she ejected her tongue with shame. Thus so formed the image of Kali.
It is believed that the present form of the image of Kali, is due to a dream seen by Krishnanand, author of Tantric Saar, that he should make her image after the figure, he saw first in the morning. The image should then be worshipped. At dawn Krishnanand sa a dark complexioned girl with left food protruding and making cow dung cakes with her right hand. Her body was shining with white dots. While wiping off the sweat from her forehead with left hand, the vermilion had been spread in her parted hair. The hair was disarranged. All of a sudden, seeing an elderly, she ejected her tongue with shame. Thus so formed the image of Kali.
prosperity, Eastern India, particularly West Bengal worships Kali, the Goddess symbolizing strength. Spectacular images of Kali, installed by the community, are worshipped and immersed in rivers or sea. Kartik is the opening month of the year of the Vikram era.
A 1768 publication Shyam Sarpya Biddhi by Kashinath mentions, the celebration of Kali Puja. It is said that Maharaja Krishnan Chandra of Nawadweep gave an order that everyone, in his domain should worship Kali. Punishment was given to the defaulters. Thus more than 10,000 images of Kali began to be worshipped in his domain. Before the present Kali Puja, Ratanti Kali Puja was celebrated in ancient times.
It is believed that the present form of the image of Kali, is due to a dream seen by Krishnanand, author of Tantric Saar, that he should make her image after
the figure, he saw first in the morning. The image should then be worshipped. At dawn Krishnanand sa a dark complexioned girl with left food protruding and making cow dung cakes with her right hand. Her body was shining with white dots. While wiping off the sweat from her forehead with left hand, the vermilion had been spread in her parted hair. The hair was disarranged. All of a sudden, seeing an elderly, she ejected her tongue with shame. Thus so formed the image of Kali.
It is believed that the present form of the image of Kali, is due to a dream seen by Krishnanand, author of Tantric Saar, that he should make her image after the figure, he saw first in the morning. The image should then be worshipped. At dawn Krishnanand sa a dark complexioned girl with left food protruding and making cow dung cakes with her right hand. Her body was shining with white dots. While wiping off the sweat from her forehead with left hand, the vermilion had been spread in her parted hair. The hair was disarranged. All of a sudden, seeing an elderly, she ejected her tongue with shame. Thus so formed the image of Kali.
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Mantras
Various DEVI / Shakti Mantras
• The Kalpavriksha mantra is
“OM HREEM SHREEM KREEM DURGATI-NASHINYAI MAHAMAYAYAI SVAHA”
NAVARATRI FIRST 3 DAYS
Aim hreem kleem chmundaya vicchee"
NAVARATRI The next 3 days
||Om Daaridraya Vinaashini Ashtlakshmi Kankaavati Siddhi Dehi Dehi Namah||
NAVARATRI - The final 3 days
Om Hrim Aim Hrim Aum Sarasvatyai namah
The first Mantra
This is a Navarna Mantra - is the king-pin mantra of the Chandi Path scripture, which many of Shree Maa's devotees chant regularly. Navarna Mantra is the bija mantra of all three Divine Mothers, Maha Kali, Maha Lakshmi, and Maha Saraswati. So it embodies all three Mothers.
Aim is the seed of wisdom. It means that the creation of perfection in the causal body is the wisdom. Aim is Maha Saraswati.
Hrim is everything that can perceived by the senses, conceived in the mind, known through intuition or meditation, and beyond. Hrim is Maha Lakshmi.
Klim is the cause of the perfect union between the gross body dissolving into the causal body. Klim is Maha Kali.
Cha means to move,
Munda means head. So Chamunda is She who moves in the head, meaning the paradigm of reality, all that we know, all that we see.
Yai means to or unto.
Vic means all that is knowable
Ce mean Chaitanya, consciousness
Thus the mantra means that the three gunas, the three Goddesses are constantly moving in the paradigm of reality giving birth to all that is knowable as perceived by consciousness.
Once we master this mantra, we make ourselves the witness of nature and free us from the pain of attachment.
Om Iem Hrim Shreem Sree matrenamah
Aim hreeng kleeng chmundaya vicchee
Worshipping Tripura Sundari
'Om Tripura Sundari Svâhâ',
Om Aim Hreem Shreem Sri Lalita Tripurasundari Padukam Poojayami Namah
DURGA Mantra
Shanno Devirabhishtaye aapo Bhavanthu Peethaye shanyo yora bisra vantu naha
Durgadevim sharana maham prapadye sutharasitharase namaha
The Kalpavriksha mantra
OM HREEM SHREEM KREEM DURGATI-NASHINYAI MAHAMAYAYAI SVAHA
Om Shrim Mahalakshmiyei Swaha
||Om Daaridraya Vinaashini Ashtlakshmi Kankaavati Siddhi Dehi Dehi Namah||
Om Mahadevyai Cha Vidmahe Vishnu-patnyai Cha Dhimahi Tanno Lakshmi Prachodayat
Durga Chamunda Mantra
" Aing hreeng kleeng chmundaya vicchee"
The Chamunda mantra could be considered a mantra for either Durga or Kali, as it is ultimately for Mahadevi (the Great Goddess). It comes from the Chandi Pathah/Devi Mahatmya.
Kali's mantra is:
OM KRIM KRIM KRIM HUM HUM HRIM HRIM
DAKSHINA KALIKE
KRIM KRIM KRIM HUM HUM HRIM HRIM SVAHA
This is also called the Dasha Mahavidya Mantra, or the mantra of the great ten fierce wisdom goddesses (of which Kali is the primary).
Kali:
1. Hrim Shrim Krim Parameswarayai svaha
2. Hrim Shrim Krim Parameswari Kalike hrim shrim krim svaha
3. Om Shri Kalikayai namah
4. Om Hrim me svaha )Kali Hridaya) ?????
5. Krim Krim Krim Hum Hum Hrim Hrim dakshine Kalike Krim Krim Krim Hum Hum
Hrim Hrim svaha
6. Krim Hrim Shrim
Durga:
1. Om Shri Durgayai namah
2. Om Hrim Dum Durgayai namah
Saraswati:
1. Om Shri Saraswatyai namah
2. Om Hrim Aim Hrim Aum Sarasvatyai namah
Mahalakshmi:
1. Hrim Shrim Krim Mahalakshmayai namah
2. Om Shrim Hrim Kamale Kamale Kamalalaye prasida prasida Shrim Hrim Shrim Mahalakshmyai namah.
Radha:
1. Om Shri Radhayai Svaha
2. Om Hrim Radhikayai namah
Annapurna:
Hrim namo bhagavati maheswari Annapurne svaha
Indrakshi:
Om Shrim Hrim Krim Aim Indrakshyai namah
Chamunda:
Om Aim Hrim Krim Chamundayai Vichche
Om Iem Hrim Shreem Shri Matray Namah
• The Kalpavriksha mantra is
“OM HREEM SHREEM KREEM DURGATI-NASHINYAI MAHAMAYAYAI SVAHA”
NAVARATRI FIRST 3 DAYS
Aim hreem kleem chmundaya vicchee"
NAVARATRI The next 3 days
||Om Daaridraya Vinaashini Ashtlakshmi Kankaavati Siddhi Dehi Dehi Namah||
NAVARATRI - The final 3 days
Om Hrim Aim Hrim Aum Sarasvatyai namah
The first Mantra
This is a Navarna Mantra - is the king-pin mantra of the Chandi Path scripture, which many of Shree Maa's devotees chant regularly. Navarna Mantra is the bija mantra of all three Divine Mothers, Maha Kali, Maha Lakshmi, and Maha Saraswati. So it embodies all three Mothers.
Aim is the seed of wisdom. It means that the creation of perfection in the causal body is the wisdom. Aim is Maha Saraswati.
Hrim is everything that can perceived by the senses, conceived in the mind, known through intuition or meditation, and beyond. Hrim is Maha Lakshmi.
Klim is the cause of the perfect union between the gross body dissolving into the causal body. Klim is Maha Kali.
Cha means to move,
Munda means head. So Chamunda is She who moves in the head, meaning the paradigm of reality, all that we know, all that we see.
Yai means to or unto.
Vic means all that is knowable
Ce mean Chaitanya, consciousness
Thus the mantra means that the three gunas, the three Goddesses are constantly moving in the paradigm of reality giving birth to all that is knowable as perceived by consciousness.
Once we master this mantra, we make ourselves the witness of nature and free us from the pain of attachment.
Om Iem Hrim Shreem Sree matrenamah
Aim hreeng kleeng chmundaya vicchee
Worshipping Tripura Sundari
'Om Tripura Sundari Svâhâ',
Om Aim Hreem Shreem Sri Lalita Tripurasundari Padukam Poojayami Namah
DURGA Mantra
Shanno Devirabhishtaye aapo Bhavanthu Peethaye shanyo yora bisra vantu naha
Durgadevim sharana maham prapadye sutharasitharase namaha
The Kalpavriksha mantra
OM HREEM SHREEM KREEM DURGATI-NASHINYAI MAHAMAYAYAI SVAHA
Om Shrim Mahalakshmiyei Swaha
||Om Daaridraya Vinaashini Ashtlakshmi Kankaavati Siddhi Dehi Dehi Namah||
Om Mahadevyai Cha Vidmahe Vishnu-patnyai Cha Dhimahi Tanno Lakshmi Prachodayat
Durga Chamunda Mantra
" Aing hreeng kleeng chmundaya vicchee"
The Chamunda mantra could be considered a mantra for either Durga or Kali, as it is ultimately for Mahadevi (the Great Goddess). It comes from the Chandi Pathah/Devi Mahatmya.
Kali's mantra is:
OM KRIM KRIM KRIM HUM HUM HRIM HRIM
DAKSHINA KALIKE
KRIM KRIM KRIM HUM HUM HRIM HRIM SVAHA
This is also called the Dasha Mahavidya Mantra, or the mantra of the great ten fierce wisdom goddesses (of which Kali is the primary).
Kali:
1. Hrim Shrim Krim Parameswarayai svaha
2. Hrim Shrim Krim Parameswari Kalike hrim shrim krim svaha
3. Om Shri Kalikayai namah
4. Om Hrim me svaha )Kali Hridaya) ?????
5. Krim Krim Krim Hum Hum Hrim Hrim dakshine Kalike Krim Krim Krim Hum Hum
Hrim Hrim svaha
6. Krim Hrim Shrim
Durga:
1. Om Shri Durgayai namah
2. Om Hrim Dum Durgayai namah
Saraswati:
1. Om Shri Saraswatyai namah
2. Om Hrim Aim Hrim Aum Sarasvatyai namah
Mahalakshmi:
1. Hrim Shrim Krim Mahalakshmayai namah
2. Om Shrim Hrim Kamale Kamale Kamalalaye prasida prasida Shrim Hrim Shrim Mahalakshmyai namah.
Radha:
1. Om Shri Radhayai Svaha
2. Om Hrim Radhikayai namah
Annapurna:
Hrim namo bhagavati maheswari Annapurne svaha
Indrakshi:
Om Shrim Hrim Krim Aim Indrakshyai namah
Chamunda:
Om Aim Hrim Krim Chamundayai Vichche
Om Iem Hrim Shreem Shri Matray Namah
