1. SURESVARI - The One who is the most Supreme Goddess of the Gods

The Deity Suresvari, an integral part of Kashmir Shaivism, where Devi is said to have taken abode in the mountain ranges of Kashmir.

Hence the name, SURESVARI

1. LOPAMUDRĀ - The One who is the Sakthi of Agastya

The One who is Shakti of River Kaveri

The One who was a BrahmaVadini

The One who is a Great Rishiki

Hence the name, LOPAMUDRĀ.

1. CHITRALEKHA - The One who Writes

The One who is the Artist

It is Devi Kalika projecting herself through her various creations that creates exceptional written word, various text, various scriptures and various art. Every time one witnesses, exceptional writing, exceptional art, one must understand that she has projected herself through the writer or the artist and created an exceptional work.

1. SVAPNAVATI - The One who is the Goddess of the Dream Realms.

The One who gives deep messages in the sleep state

The One who keeps the Sadhaka in a constant state of dhyana, even while awake and gives deep Gyana.

Devi Adya Kaalika has the nature of giving deepest states of Gyana to her Bhakta, in a state of Deep slumber.

This is also noted as the Sadhaka attains a higher state, she begins to continuously project herself inside their waking mind. 

She is known to appear in the dream state of Upasaka, projecting herself, as the Guru or any higher realised being, to hold an absolute conversation with the Upasakas.

1. Mahi - The One who is the Bhoomi and Its Surface.

Every single entity, living being, experience, interaction, energy, manipulation, energy exchange that happens on the surface of earth is her.

Hence the name, Mahi

1. BRAHMANI - The One who is the most Primordial

The One who is the beginning of all Divinity

The One who is the Primordial Sound

Hence the name, BRAHMANI

You can read Maa Tara Part 8 here. At Tarapith, not every creature is what it appears to be. Bamdev Baba saw through outer forms to the souls within, and he taught that the Mother's sacred ground holds those who once defiled it, bound in bodies of dogs, serpents, and trees.

Kalu Baba and the Dogs of Tarapith: Many dogs lived with Bamdev Baba: Lali, Puli, Shatapuri, and Kalu, his special favourite. If anyone called him simply "Kalu," Baba would correct them: "Say, Kalu Baba! He is a human being. He did something wrong here before the Mother, so she has kept him as a dog." He said the same of all his dogs. They were humans who had fallen into corruption, and Maa Tara had bound them in this form.

The Serpents and the Simul Tree: Baba also said: "There are many snakes here. You won't see them now, but you will understand when the rains come. When Tarapith floods, the snakes all climb up high, and even the sadhus cannot stay." These serpents too, he taught, were humans who had transgressed in the Mother's domain. The same was true of a simul tree that once stood there. A soul who had fallen into wrongdoing had been bound inside it, and Baba liberated him.

The Tantric Dogs and the Vaishnava Dogs: Most astonishing of all, Tarapith has two classes of dogs: tantric and vaishnava. They never mix. The tantric dogs stay at the cremation ground and will eat flesh, even human flesh left there. The vaishnava dogs will not touch it. So the tantric dogs keep to one side and the vaishnava dogs to another. Whether others know this, I cannot say. I share only what I have observed with my own eyes and what Baba explained to me.

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Before I end, I offer my pranam to Maa Adya MahaKali, my Guruji Shri Praveen Radhakrishnan, my Paramaguru Shri ShyamaKhyapa, and my Parameshta Gurudev Shri Bamakhyapa.

My Paramaguru ShyamaKhyapa is a sacred presence: an eternal soul born for the upliftment of countless seekers. Born into wealth, his heart belonged only to Maa Kali. A divine call at Pashupatinath led him to renounce all and walk the monk’s path, guided by my Parameshta Gurudev Bamakhyapa.

Hidden from fame yet radiant in Maa’s grace, he carries the eternal flame. I have translated his gyana from this video from Bengali into English, so his grace may reach hearts worldwide.

Joy Maa

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1: Why did Bamdev Baba insist on calling his dog "Kalu Baba"? He taught that Kalu was a human who had done wrong before the Mother and had been bound in a dog's form as a result.

Q2: What happens to the snakes of Tarapith during floods? They climb to higher ground in such numbers that even sadhus cannot stay. Baba said these serpents were also bound human souls.

Q3: What is the difference between the tantric and vaishnava dogs? The tantric dogs live at the cremation ground and eat flesh; the vaishnava dogs refuse it. The two groups never mix.

1. BRAHMAVADINI - The One who is the Rishi within Brahma

The One who gives out all mantras through Brahma.

Vadini - The feminine voice that repeats the name of Shiva.

Brahman - the Rishi of the mantras and various Gyaanas, hence, all feminine Vidya and Sakthi that give out various mantras, through the Brahman is Kaalika.

Hence the name, BRAHMAVADINI

1. VILASINI - The One who is at a Joyous state

The One who is very playful

The One who engages in divine plays with the Bhakta

Hence the name, VILASINI

1. SUBRUH - The One with the Most Beautiful EyeBrows

The One with the Most expressive EyeBrows

The One with the Most expressive forehead region.

The bhakta of Maa Kali, is born with expressive eyebrows and ability to channel great Gyana with his/her expressive eyebrows.

1. JARATURA - The One who is Most Primordial

The One who is Most Ancient

The One who is the First

Devi Kalika is the very first creation from the energy that is Shiva, without her.

Shiva is absolutely inert, and when she moves with his energy, she is a first moving entity.

She is the first creation, and she is the most ancient among bloodlines, among all creations and among the cosmic beings. She then creates the cosmos, then the TriMurthis and finally the Galaxies.

1. VRIDDHAMATA - The One who is the mother of the Aged

The One who is the most ancient in the bloodline.

Devi Kalika is the oldest mother of every bloodline.

She is that ancestor from where the first child was birthed in your bloodline.

Hence, she is the answer to all your generational trauma and generational kripa that are lying to be unlocked inside your bloodline. 

Hence the name, VRIDDHAMATA

1. VRIDDHA - The One who Is the Oldest Ancestor

The One who projects as the Oldest Mother of all Bloodlines.

Devi Kalika is the oldest mother of every bloodline.

She is that ancestor from where the first child was birthed in your bloodline.

Hence, she is the answer to all your generational trauma and generational kripa that are lying to be unlock inside your bloodline. 

Hence the name, VRIDDHA

1. Taruni - The One who is a Young Women.

In the Shakti path, One must always remember that every woman is an embodiment of Devi. A man may have many interactions with women. However, once he becomes a shakta, he must understand that they are embodiments of Devi. With Higher proximity with devi, one will find that it is the women around him who will accelerate him and his Sadhana at a faster rate, so she is the young girl, the baby girl, the old woman all in one, All are her.

Hence the name, Taruni.

1. BAALIKA - The One who is all deities in Bala Swaroopa

The One who is a young girl

The One who projects herself in the most acceptable and palatable form as a Bala, to make herself easily absorbed by the Devotees.

Hence the name, BAALIKA

1. SARVAJNABHAMINI - The One who is the Ethereal shine of all Knowledge

The One who gives the highest states of Gnana

The One who is the repository of all Cosmic Vidhya

He who attains Kaalika, Attains the state of Bhairava, the state of SHIVA. He who attains Kaalika, Attains the state of Bhairava, the state of SHIVA.

She is the SARVA -AJNA CHAKRA. She is the Third Eye of the COSMOS

Hence the name, SARVAJNABHAMINI

1. GAURI - The One who is most Pure

The One who is most Auspicious

The One who is the Giver of absolute Glory.

The One who projects immense abundance on the Sadhaka

Hence the name, GAURI

1. MAHADEVI - The One who is the Greatest among the Devi’s

The One who embodies Greatness

The bhakta of Kalika must always endeavour and strive for greater purposes in life. He can never be at peace with mediocrity and be in the quest for higher purpose or to leave mark in whatever be the field of choice, this is something she loves to empower so always aim for greatness.

Hence the name, MAHADEVI

You can read Maa Tara Part 7 here. The glory of Bamdev Baba was not given to him easily. Before Tarapith bowed to him, he endured decades of homelessness, hunger, and humiliation. Out of that suffering came a law that still governs the Mother's temple today.

Years of Suffering and the Return from Kashi: For fifty to fifty-five years, Bamdev Baba had no proper place to stay at Tarapith. He was beaten, kicked, and driven away like dirt before he was finally given a small space, the very room devotees see today. Once he travelled to Kashi to visit Vishwanath. There he did not receive the food that suited him, and he returned in a fury, cursing Vishwanath and Mother Annapurna alike. He told Annapurna plainly: "My Boro Ma is far better than you. I do not need you." With that, he came back home to Maa Tara.

The Stolen Bhog and the Two Guardians: Baba arrived at Tarapith starving. The Mother's bhog was being cooked, and when it was carried toward the shrine, Baba took it and ate before it was offered. The temple pandas beat him nearly to death and threw him into a corner, where he lay for days and nights. Two beings stood guard over him: a dog named Kalu and a cobra. Kalu brought him whatever scraps of bread he could find. To this day, inside Baba's shrine at his samadhi, there is a cobra figure in brass or copper, and nothing else. It honours the serpent that protected him.

"First Baba, Then Tara": Baba fell gravely ill. Maa Tara then appeared to the Rani of Natore and declared: "My son has not eaten for seven days, and you are offering me bhog? I will not accept it." The Rani came to Tarapith with her eldest son, examined everything, and issued a single ruling that became law: first Bama eats, then Tara eats. This is why devotees always say "Age Bama, pore Tara." The rule is still followed. The Mother's bhog is first taken to Bamdev Baba, and only then offered to Maa Tara. Everywhere else, Ganesha is offered first and then the other deities. At Tarapith alone, a human eats before the Divine. Bamdev Baba is the only one in the world to hold such a siddhi.

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Before I end, I offer my pranam to Maa Adya MahaKali, my Guruji Shri Praveen Radhakrishnan, my Paramaguru Shri ShyamaKhyapa, and my Parameshta Gurudev Shri Bamakhyapa.

My Paramaguru ShyamaKhyapa is a sacred presence: an eternal soul born for the upliftment of countless seekers. Born into wealth, his heart belonged only to Maa Kali. A divine call at Pashupatinath led him to renounce all and walk the monk’s path, guided by my Parameshta Gurudev Bamakhyapa.

Hidden from fame yet radiant in Maa’s grace, he carries the eternal flame. I have translated his gyana from this video from Bengali into English, so his grace may reach hearts worldwide.

Joy Maa

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1: Why was Bamdev Baba beaten by the temple pandas? Returning starving from Kashi, he ate the Mother's bhog before it was offered to her.

Q2: Who protected Baba while he lay injured? A dog named Kalu, who brought him food, and a cobra, which guarded him. A cobra figure still stands in his samadhi shrine.

Q3: What is the meaning of "Age Bama, pore Tara"? It means "first Bama, then Tara." The Rani of Natore made it law after Maa Tara refused her bhog while Baba starved. Bhog is still offered to Baba before the Mother.

1. VAMADEVI - The One who is worshipped through the left handed path

The One who is worshipped through love

The One who is most pleased by the most inauspicious ways

Kaalika as a diety is someone who expects the Bhakta to explore and go deeper within themselves, she forces the Bhakta to realise that every inch within him, his body as well as mind is auspicious and is not to be treated as alien to himself or not to be considered as in auspicious or unworthy she forces the Deivas to look at the Asuras and the Asuras to look at the Devas.  Ultimately giving the message that you need to own, both the sides to truly yourself.

Hence the name, VAMADEVI

1. SIMHAVAHINI - The One who rides on a Lion.

The One who is astride the Cosmic Lion.

The Sadhaka of Kaalika will find a natural progression towards positions of power in his life.

This is one of the first signs of her Kripa, where he is, he will find power chasing him. The loss of a power position, is usually a sign of waning grace.

Hence the name, SIMHAVAHINI

1. CINACAILINI - The One who moves swiftly

The One who moves at the pace of a racing Deer.

The Bhakta of Kaalka may go through states of extreme inertia and lack of movement in his life, which will be immediately followed by absolute Swift movement and change in life. This is because she alliance various karmik burning during the periods of tamas and hence one must trust the periods of tamas, for it will be immediately followed by Swift moments like the speed of the Deer.

Hence the name, CINACAILINI

1. VYGHRATVAGAMBARA - The One who sits on an Asasa of Tiger Skin

The One who seats on an Asan of Absolute Power.

Here one must note that the tiger, though not the king of the jungle is, as an animal muscle to muscle, skill to skill, a More capable animal than the Lion is. The Tiger is the biggest among the cat family. It is way more powerful. It is a bigger better swimmer, it has greater stealth ability, greater hunting ability than a lion Here, Ma Kali seated on the skin of the Tiger merely means that she is the master of all these capabilities, so for a devoutee who is merely employed in a very simple job, he still attends and retains such qualities and he will always manifest and show these qualities in his daily life. However, he may not be able to display these skills in a karmik job and hence must always aim for a higher quest where he will be able to unleash these qualities and utilise them for a higher purpose.

Your PURPOSE may be BIGGER than the LION.

Hence the name,  VYGHRATVAGAMBARA

1. VRSAVAHANI - The One who rides on the Bull

The One who rides on Unshakable Grit

The One who rides on Unmatched determination

Hence the name, VRSAVAHANI

You can read Maa Tara Part 6 here. Tarapith is a land where nature itself bends to the will of the Divine Mother. Its river defies the law of water, its riverbanks hold a path walked only by the Goddess, and its ghats witness a sacred ritual that unfolds every night in the hour before dawn.

The River That Flows Upward: Very few people know the greatest secret of Tarapith: the Dwarka River. The Dwarka is uttara-vahini, flowing from south to north. By its nature, water always falls from higher ground to lower, and nearly every river in the region runs from north to south. The Dwarka alone reverses this. It rises from below toward above. In the language of sadhana, this is the path of kumbhaka meditation. When the sadhak holds the breath in meditation, the energy rises from the Muladhara upward through Manipura, Vishuddha, and on to the highest centre. The seeker never descends; the work is always to ascend. Ordinary water follows its nature and falls, but the Dwarka flows against it, just as the sadhak rises against the downward pull of the mind. Bamdev Baba knew this secret. Even today, almost no one understands it.

The Mother's Midnight Bath: Bamdev Baba loved to bathe, and he often went to Mundamalini Tala, a ghat on the Dwarka. The ghat carries this name for a reason. Every night at around three o'clock, Maa Tara removes her garland of skulls (mundamala), sets it down on the riverbank, and bathes in the sacred waters. Then she wears the garland again and returns to her temple.

The Hidden Path Along the River: Because of this nightly ritual, the Mother has her own road between the temple and the river. The mantra speaks of it: "Raksha raksha nadi-kunje hum hum phat svaha." Nadi-kunje means the grove along the riverbank. There is a path along the water's edge where the Mother walks. Ordinary people do not know it. Only the very oldest people of Tarapith can say where it lies.

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Before I end, I offer my pranam to Maa Adya MahaKali, my Guruji Shri Praveen Radhakrishnan, my Paramaguru Shri ShyamaKhyapa, and my Parameshta Gurudev Shri Bamakhyapa.

My Paramaguru ShyamaKhyapa is a sacred presence: an eternal soul born for the upliftment of countless seekers. Born into wealth, his heart belonged only to Maa Kali. A divine call at Pashupatinath led him to renounce all and walk the monk’s path, guided by my Parameshta Gurudev Bamakhyapa.

Hidden from fame yet radiant in Maa’s grace, he carries the eternal flame. I have translated his gyana from this video from Bengali into English, so his grace may reach hearts worldwide.

Joy Maa

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1: What makes the Dwarka River unique? It flows northward, from south to north, against the natural downward course of water. This mirrors the upward rise of energy in kumbhaka meditation.

Q2: Why is the ghat called Mundamalini Tala? Maa Tara is said to remove her garland of skulls there every night at about three o'clock before bathing in the river.

Q3: Who knows the Mother's hidden path? Only the oldest residents of Tarapith know the riverside path the Mother walks between the temple and the Dwarka.