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Defining Features of the Statue:  Kali is captured in sculpture in her fierce radiance, with all her weapons spread out, her tongue sticking out and a garland of skulls and severed arms around her neck.  She is truly a force to be revered.  She holds in her hands all her tools of destruction (clockwise) a sword, club, trident, sickle, discus, conch, bow & arrow, severed head, skull bowl, and a shield.  The sword and trident are cast separately and can be removed.  One foot rests on the severed head of the demon Raktabija.  In the center of her forehead is a burning third eye fashioned from a red garnet stone from Sri Lanka. 

About the Pose of the Sculpture:  Murugan, guardian of the heavens, went on to destroy many demons who opposed the reign of the gods.  But he could not defeat the demon Raktabija.  Whenever this demon’s blood touched the ground, a thousand new demons sprang to life.  He seemed unconquerable.  Parvati went to aid her son, Murugan, in his endeavor to rid the three worlds of the multiplying demon, Raktabija, by entering the cosmic battlefield as the dreaded goddess Kali – dark as death, gaunt with sunken eyes, gaping mouth, with long disheveled hair covering her naked body.  Raktabija seemed unconquerable because with every drop of blood he spilled onto the battlefield a replica of Raktabija would emerge from the drop of blood bringing a new enemy to the battlefield.    Kali came to the rescue of her son Murugan.  She spread her tongue over the battlefield and licked the demon’s falling blood on her long, outstretched tongue before the drop could find it’s way to the ground springing a demonic life anew.  Raktabija, without his multiplying numbers was left powerless.  Murugan was able to dispatch Raktabija and all his remaining duplicates with ease.
Murugan thanked his mother for her timely help.  To celebrate her victory, Kali danced wildly on the battlefield, bedecking herself with a garland of served heads and a girdle of severed hands.  Intoxicated with Raktabija’s blood, Kali ran amuck across the three worlds, destroying everything and everyone in her sight.
To restrain her, Shiva took the form of a corpse and blocked her path.  As the goddess, blinded by bloodlust, tripped on his lifeless body, she was jolted out of her frenzy.  She wondered if she had killed her own husband.  She placed a foot on Shiva’s chest and brought him back to life.
Shiva then took the form of a little child and began to cry, stirring maternal love in the heart of Kali.  This forced her to shed her fierce form; Kali became Gauri, the radiant mother, bestower of life.

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