tour 3 of 6
Stories from Bengal
Kali strides over Shiva
Once the goddess Durga became so angry that from her forehead a
dark, violent goddess called Kali appeared. Kali gobbled up all the
demons who were making Durga angry and wore a garland of their
heads around her neck. However no one could calm Kali's anger and
all the people and the gods became very worried as she killed
demons and evildoers without stopping. Kali's rampage only stopped
when the god Shiva, the powerful god of destruction, lay down in
her path. When she discovered she was standing on such an important
god, she immediately stopped. While Durga Puja ends at full moon,
Kali Puja happens in the darkness of new moon night.