Kalika Sahasranamam Audio

My wife had made a trip to India in January 2015 and had been to Thiruvannamalai. After the darshan, she wanted to buy a photo and so stopped at a store next to the temple. She was not particularly looking for any specific God's photo and came across a photo of Shree Kalika Devi. She kept aside and continued looking. A little while later, she came across the SAME photo. Again she kept aside and kept looking. Again, for the third time, she came across the same photo and said to herself, I must take HER home with me !! And thus, we ended up with the photo of Kalika Devi at our pooja room that is at the top of this post.

She has a very benevolent countenance; we call that a "Sowmya" appearance. I have performed Homams for Shree Kalika Devi using this very photo and I get filled with joy ! Kalika Sahasranamam, as the name indicates, is a thousand name hymn for Shree Kalika Devi.

Now I present my audio rendering of Kalika Sahasranamam which is about 35 minutes long.

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5yrewH-M1znbG5ObU1sdG1KTkk/view?usp=sharing

NOTE: BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY LARGE FILE ABOUT 35 MEGABYTES, YOU MAY HAVE TO DOWNLOAD AND THEN LISTEN. On mobile devices and some computers, you may get the message -- This file is too large for Google to scan, download anyway? -- answer "YES" and then listen after download. On some computers, when you hit the play button, if nothing seems to happen, click the Download arrow at the top, click download anyway and then listen. Sorry for the inconvenience -- but this is a big file and praise to Sri Kalika Devi -- Her Grace is magnificent !

Sanskrit lyrics can be found at:

http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_devii/kaalikaasahasra.pdf

Detailed meanings in English of the names can be found at:

http://vkrishphysics.blogspot.com/2011/12/kali-sahasranama-1008-names-of-kali.html

Om Shree Kalika Devi Namo Namaha !!

Kalika Ashtakam Audio

Kalika Devi is the first Dasha MahaVidya. She is the One that can burn the darkness of ignorance. While there are so many statements made by people that are misleading and full of mis-information, one needs to know that Kalika Devi is the equivalent of a compassionate mother that nurtures, nourishes and protects Her children.

It is the posture of the devotee towards Kalika Devi that is important. One needs to have devotion and bhakthi and Devi Kalika will take care and protect one from all the problems and provide both wordly enjoyments and spiritual advancement. Kalika Ashtakam has been authored by the great Adi Shankara. The lyrics are superb and one gets filled with bliss as one recites it with love and devotion.

I present now my vocal rendering of the above ahstakam which is 3 minutes 25 seconds below:

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5yrewH-M1zncHBrWFZodzRnTGc/view?usp=sharing

You can find the Sanskrit lyrics, English lyrics and English translation of the shloka at:

http://www.greenmesg.org/mantras_slokas/devi_kali-kalika_ashtakam.php