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Why Goddess Kali Looks Fierce but Protects Devotees Like a Mother

At first glance, Goddess Kali appears intense dark complexion, wild hair, blood-red tongue, weapons in hand. Many wonder: Why does a goddess look so fierce? The truth is deeply spiritual. Kali’s appearance symbolizes protection, truth, destruction of evil, and unconditional love. She is not a goddess of fear she is…

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From Kamakhya to Kalighat: Where Goddess Kali Tests Courage, Not Comfort

Goddess Kali is worshipped for truth, not comfort. Across India, her temples rise at places where fear begins to dissolve and awareness slowly awakens. These sacred spaces are more than religious landmarks. They are emotional sanctuaries where devotees face ego, loss, courage, and surrender with honesty. Based on ancient scriptures…

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Ukraine Minister apologises for Goddess Kali tweet, says ‘we respect unique Indian culture’

Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova, who recently visited India, on May 2 expressed “regrets” over the depiction of Goddess Kali in a “distorted manner” by the Defence Ministry and apologised for the act, saying her country and its people respect “unique Indian culture”.

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In Visva-Bharati, discontent over lecture on Kali worship

Old-timers as well as detractors of Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty say religion has never found space in the secular institution

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BJP women's wing protests at Kolkata police station demanding TMC MP Mahua Moitra's arrest

KOLKATA: The women's wing of the West Bengal BJP held a sit-in in front of the Bowbazar police station in Kolkata on Saturday, demanding TMC MP Mahua Moitra's arrest for her alleged derogatory comments on Goddess Kali.

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M.P. Home Minister to write to Twitter to check messages hurting religious sentiments

Narottam Mishra said that the M.P. government will also write to the Centre to issue a lookout circular against Leena Manimekalai, who had tweeted a controversial poster of her documentary film "Kaali"

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FIR against TMC MP Mahua Moitra in Madhya Pradesh for remark about Goddess Kaali

Moitra's statement terming Goddess Kaali as meat-eating and alcohol-accepting deity hurt his religious feelings, the complaint said

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Kaali poster row | Controversy over Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra’s remarks rages on

Ms. Moitra faces FIR in Bhopal; BJP files complaint in Kolkata

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TMC condemns its MP Mahua Moitra’s remarks on Goddess Kali

Mahua Moitra had made some controversial remarks during a conclave arranged by a media house in Kolkata.

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Kali is meat-eating, alcohol-accepting goddess: TMC's Mahua Moitra

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday stirred a controversy by saying that she has every right as an individual to imagine Goddess Kali as a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess, as every person has the right to worship god and goddess in his or her own way.

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