Week 15 Reading A: Pattanaik Seven Secrets of the Goddess



image: Kali

Seven Secrets of the Goddess

Author: Devdutt Pattanaik
Year: 2016


Kali's Secret


-Kali is the chief of the Mahavidyas the group of 10 tantric goddesses who each form a different aspect of the mother goddess Parvati 

-she is a destroyer of evil forces

-destroys evil to protect the innocent

-The devi Mahatmya is Kali's most famous tale involving her tongue

Raktabeeja obtained a boon from Brahma that if a drop of blood fell on the ground it would become seed and sprout to duplicate himself.No one was able to defeat him. thy could not strike him at all so they went directly to the gods and asked for help from shiva. Kali drank the blood before it touched the ground and killed him after he was drained of blood. 

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