Kali wife of Shiva she showed her darken side, as seen in all mythology, where she stand on shiba’s spine. One day she asked when stumbling, to Shiba on the floor: “Hello there!” “Say who are you?” Ashamed her dark side came before. Ashamed that she had ask him, her tongue fell out her mouth, she filled her live in silence, with skulls to her neck around. This way the queen called Kali with a snake and ciclet knife, is shown as four armed goddes, to keep her shame alive. Whenever visit temples, where Shivas statures rise, you never find dark Kali, she’s hold back in dark from light. Aqua1955 According to the Puranas, during the great mythical churning of the ocean called Samudra Manthan, a pot of poison emerged from the ocean. The gods and the demons were terrified as it could destroy the entire world. When they ran to Shiva for help, he in order to protect the world, drank the deadly poison but held it in his throat instead of swallowing it. This turned his throat blue, and since then he came to be known as 'Nilkantha', the blue-throated one. Shivratri celebrates this event by which Shiva saved the world. Shivratri is considered especially auspicious for women. Married women pray for the wellbeing of their husbands and sons, while unmarried women pray for an ideal husband like Shiva, who is the spouse of Kali, Parvati and Durga. But generally it is believed that anyone who utters the name of Shiva during Shivratri with pure devotion is freed from all sins. He or she reaches the abode of Shiva and is liberated from the cycle of birth and death. Credits: Kali bundle by ladyLittleFox Background made by a picture of myself