Kali, The Royal Black Goddess of India: The Wife of Shiva

Kali is one of the original Hindu Goddesses. She is the undisputed black Queen of India.

The name Kali is derived from the Hindu word that means “time.” Kali is also a word that stands for “black” in India.

Hindus worship Kali as a manifestation of the Divine Mother, or the female principle. She shares some affinity with the ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhmet because just like Sekhmet was reverred in Kemet, Kali is also known as the giver and taker of life in the Hindus valley.

Some call Kali the goddess of destruction. But then just like Sekhmet, she destroys is sin, ignorance and decay only to recreate vitality, beauty and vigour.

She is equated with the eternal night. She is the transcendent power of time. She is also the consort of the king of Gods of India, the black dreadlocks God, Shiva.