Kali

i think my friend here is a good artist but for people who dont know who maa kali is

well it should first understood that their is a difference in nudity for example - when you see a child , gets nurtured by the bare breast of her or his mother .. what do you see their nudity or motherhood .. that is what mother kali represents because what ever the mythology say it always ends with she protecting her innocent children . i find people saying nakedness stands for truth or spirituality, we should understand that nudity is not truth it just represents dis-attachment and if we see mother kali she is always a mother she can never leave that stand thats what defines her ..  nudity is not spirituality , to understand this first understand spirituality  it means when we uttain a state of mind where we can find piece.. peace has nothing to do with cloths it is just a state of mind , lord Buddha found piece and that made him spiritually blessed and not walking around without cloths made him spiritual similar is with christ even at that cross when he felt great pain he say peace in knowing the good of the children's of god..   .. in case of mother kali , their are various cases when she is described in both her form and what each form symbolized . she is a mother and nothing else


it is also important to note that in various mythological resources their are many forms of mother kali . and any form see is never naked .. go to my profile ravimishra085 i have tried to draw as per the mythological record says .. for ex-
1) the pauranik kali - this is the form which arise from the forehead of mother durga , she is not naked instead she is wearing a sari of cheeta skin.(ref - devi bhagwatam - ch 4 sect -7 entirtled "chand mund wadh")this form is worshiped as the protector of innocent  ,and you will characterize her with a sticking tongue an dthe garland of human heads than

2.) is trinatri kali maa - who arise from the third eye of bhagwan shiva - this form is worshiped as a great mother and this is wearing a divine dress..  (ref - ling puran section "shiva tandava vernan")

3.) maa parvati herself - who is always dressed as a simple goddess and this form and only this form is strictly called "shakti of shiva "she is also given the name maa kali because of her dark skin (ref - kalika puran here mother parvati is given the name maa kali by narad and shiva puran the story continues )

4.) bhadra kali - this form is considered as only lion riding form and is dressed as a goddess with 16 hands , it should be kept in mind that all above stated form has 2 arms only only this is sixteen armed form .. and this form is the one who blessed mahishasur the devil who mother durga ended.. his boon was that till the end of time if ever maa durga is worshiped mahishasur will be always sit below the foot of maa durga . and thats why still today we draw him at the foot of maa durga  in every durga pooja .. bhadra kali is not  a fighting form ,it is just a worshiped form. (raf - kalika puran section entitled  "mahishasur ka upvikhyaan")

5.) the adi yog maya -  this is also dressed as a goddess who controls maya .. maya is to be considered as a tool by which lord vishnu run the word.. so this is just a controlling force . (ref - durgashapshati - ch4 section - 1)

6.) then their is shamshan kali - she is not a warrior and is seen as a great liberator of souls , she is characteristic in her really long tongue but nether wears a garland of human heads nor is a warrior.. she is worshiped to obtain sidhi (means potential)  (we have temples of her here in india)

7.) the dikshineshwar kali - she is also dressed as a goddess and is seen as a protector from death . actually in Hindus south direction is considered  as  a direction of lord yama ..and it is said if you worship this form kala cant harm you.. this also has two arms.

after this 8) garu kali - she is a teacher .

9.)  raktkali and after all this nine other forms of mother kali who is combined refereed as "nava kali"

to be specific the form we all see is also not naked she is wearing a skirt of human hands and a garland of human heads (47 is number which is actually equal to the no of alphabets in sanskrit language) and lots of jewelry and has long hairs and a sticking tongue

i dont have problem with nudity but  she is not described like that plus nudity as a mother can be understood and that should only be viewed ..


please consider my readings it took me a lot of time to understand her various forms in which she has been described in real mythology and not web ..