काली

Fierce goddess of time, death and transformation. Dark-complexioned, wearing a garland of skulls. Paramount deity at Kalighat (Kolkata) and Dakshineshwar.

1. PantheonŚākta · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
2. Name (mal/Mlym)കാളിtextual
3. Name (hin/Deva)कालीtextual
4. Name (kan/Knda)ಕಾಳಿtextual
5. Name (tel/Telu)కాళిtextual
6. Name (tam/Taml)காளிtextual
7. Name (eng/Latn)Kali · also: Kalika, Mahakali, Shyamatextual
8. Enshrined at100 templescommunity attested

Verified family lineages that hold this deity as their kuladevataa (family patron deity). The kuladevataa registry (ADR-0044) grows as contributors share their family patron deity through lineage submissions.

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• Temple 0040d6efprimary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 010241adprimary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 0105e794primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 01cfd8dcprimary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 021241e8primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 0232e708primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 02d8d98bprimary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 030f3aecprimary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 031b0dd3primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 0388e879primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 03c43210primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 03c95530primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 03cc54f7primary · name-pattern derived
• Temple 03f05e5bprimary · name-pattern derived
• And 86 further temples.

Families who consider Kali their kuladevataa have contributed lineage records to the Vamsha archive. The connection persists across generations as part of the hundred-year horizon set for this registry.