Kali puja vidhi and mantra

Kali puja vidhi

Kali, the divine Protector of Earth, also known as Kalika is a Hindu goddess . But due to her destructive powers Kali is also known as “Dark Mother”. The name Kali is derived from the Sanskrit word “Kala” or time. She, therefore, represents Time, Change, Power, Creation, Preservation and Destruction. “Kali” also mean “the black one”.

She is considered as a ferocious form of Durga/Parvati, who is the consort of Lord Shiva. Kali Ma is simultaneously portrayed as the giver, the one who bestows moksha or liberation and destructor, principally of evil forces. However, in most of the interpretations she is portrayed as ferocious and evil. She is the mother of the world and the treasure-house of compassion. She is considered as the primordial mass from which all life arouse.

Kali mantras

1. Kali Beej Mantra

“Om Krim Kali”

Meaning : K stands for full knowledge,
R means she is auspicious,
I means she bestows booms, and
M means that she gives freedom.
‘SaIutation to the Supreme.’

Benefit: This mantra will protect one from all the evil forces.

2. Kali mantra

“Om Kring Kalikaye Namah”

Meaning: This mantra is a sound representation of the Mother.

Benefit: This mantra is simple and transforms the devotee to pure consciousness.

3.Maha Kali Mantra

“Om Sri Maha Kalikayai Namah”

Meaning: ‘I bow my head to the Divine Mother, Kali.’

Benefit: One must propitiate the Divine Mother, the Primal Energy, and chant in her honour in order to obtain God’s grace.

 4. Kalika - Yei Mantra

“Om Klim Kalika-Yei Namaha”

Benefit: This mantra is believed to bring relief from all kinds of problems, no matter how much complex it is.

5. Fifteen Syllable Kali Mantra

“Om Hrim Shreem Klim Adya Kalika Param Eshwari Swaha”

Meaning: ‘O Kali, my Mother full of Bliss. In Thy delirious joy Thou dancest, clapping Thy hands together!Thou art the Mover of all that moves in thy world.’

Benefit: It is believed that this mantra brings rapid growth to one’s spirituality.

 6. Kali Mantra for Worship (For Dakshine Kali)

“Kring Kring Kring Hing Kring Dakshine Kalike Kring Kring Kring Hring Hring Hung Hung Swaha”

Meaning: The Mantra consists of three seeds, krim, hum and hrim, and the name ‘dakhshina kalike’ and ‘swaha’, which signifying offering.

Benefit: This mantra is used by the devotees of Kali, the preserver of Earth, who saves us from all the ignorance and the fear of death.

 7. Kali Gayatri Mantra

“Om Maha Kalyai
Ca Vidmahe Smasana Vasinyai
Ca Dhimahi Tanno Kali Prachodayat”

Meaning: ‘Om Great Goddess Kali, the One and only one, who resides in the Ocean of Life and in the Cremation Grounds that dissolve the world. We focus our energies on you, may you grant us boons and blessings.’

Benefit: Through the repetition of this mantra, the aspirant’s mind becomes divinely transformed and passes from the gross state of worldly affiars into Kali’s subtle light of pure consciousness.

8. Dakshina Kali Dhyan Mantra

“Om karala-badanam ghoram mukta-keshim chatur-bhuryam.
kalikam dakshinam dibyam munda-mala bibhushitam
sadya-chinna shira kharga bama-dordha karambujam
abhayam baradan-chaiba dakshina-dardha panikam”

Meaning: “Om Fierce of face, she is dark, with flowing hair and four-armed.Dakshina Kalika divine, adorned with a garland of heads. In Her lotus hands on the left, a severed head and a sword She bestows sanctuary and blessings with her right hands.”

Benefit :  Chanting this mantra denotes the dissolving of attachments, anger, lust, and other binding emotions, feelings and ideas.

9. Maha Kali Mantra

“Om khargang chakra-gadeshu-chapa-parighan shulang bhushundIng shirahshankhang sanda-dhatIng karistri-nayanAng sarbanga-bhushabritam. nIlashma-dyutimasya pada-dashakang sebe maha kalikang yamastou-chhaite harou kamalajye hantung madhung kaitavam”

Meaning: ‘Aum, Her ten hands is holding a scimitar, disk, mace, arrows and bow, lance, club, a skull and a conch shell. She is a three-eyed goddess, Her body is covered with ornaments, and Her countenance with the brilliance of blue diamonds, with ten limbs. We offer our service to mahakali, She who Brahma praised for protection from the demons madhu and kaitava, when Vishnu was in sleep.’

Benefit: Kali is Mother to her devotees not because she protects them from the demons when Lord Vishnu is asleep but because she reveals to them their mortality and thus releases them to act fully and freely, releases them from the incredible, binding web of “adult” pretense, practicality, and rationality and recitation of this mantra helps in this realization.

10. Others Kali Mantra 
*use this mantra only if you are non bramhin or  don't have dhikha.

a) “Om Kali, Kali! Om Kali, Kali!
Namostute, namostute, namo!
Namostute, namostute, namo!”

b) “Ananda Ma Ananda Ma Kali
Ananda Ma Ananda Ma Kali
Ananda Ma Ananda Ma Kali
Om Kali Ma!”

Benefit : These are the simple chants to salute and please the Black Goddess.