Mahakali – Anth hi Aarambh hai (2017)
If there is one goddess in our mythology who is feared for her Bhayankar swaroop and yet revered as a Maata, that is MAHAKAALI. However, in a culture seeped with symbolism and deeper meanings, why has a goddess been shown like this? Forever in an enraged and aggressive state, uncontrolled, untamed. What is this enigma, that we call MahaKaali? There is a saying that "Shiva without Shakti is Shava" which means that without the power of action (Shakti) that is Mahakaali, Shiva, the consciousness itself, is inactive. This is also the symbolic explanation for why she is standing on Shiva in a Shav state. Conversely, without the grounding of Shiv, Shakti is forever in a wild, unstable state. Like a ‘Bolt of Lightning.' That is why MahaKaali is always wild, aggressive and untamable. But then, why is this primordial SHAKTI shown in such a bhayankar state? (with dark skin, skull-garland etc.) Because Maa Kaali has a deep purpose often overlooked and scarcely understood. Mahakaali always helps us go beyond, see what we don't see. We see a lot in her that the conventions don't teach us to accept, and yet we call her MAA. We not only accept her but revere her looking beyond what we see. That'…