Kali Puja is celebrated with lot of gusto and fanfare in the eastern part of the country especially in West Bengal and Orissa. Kali Puja celebration coincides with the Diwali festival of northern India. While rest of India worships Goddess Lakshmi during Diwali festival, in West Bengal and Orissa Goddess Kali is revered as the principal deity during the occasion.
Kali is Hindu goddess associated with death and destruction has a long and complex history in Hinduism. Despite her negative connotations, she is not actually the Goddess of Death, but rather of Time and Change. Although sometimes presented as black and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilation still has some influence. More complex Tantric beliefs sometimes extend her role so far as to be the "Ultimate Reality" or Brahman. She is also revered as Bhavatarini. Comparatively recent devotional movements largely conceive Kali as a benevolent mother-goddess. The goddess is also venerated in New Age spirituality.
Kali Puja is performed to seek blessings from the deity for protection against drought and war, for general happiness, health, wealth, and peace and overall happiness. The puja is performed as per rituals only at midnight on Amavasya (new moon night) and a strict tradition is maintained throughout the puja ceremony.
People believes that it is ideal for getting rid of evils eye, Black Magic and acquiring success in their works and in their lives. People go for Maha Kaali Puja/Homa for removing the fear, the effect of bad persons' evil forces or Black magic from their entire family. Also for bringing peace and happiness in their family or individually. To diminish our ego and all negative tendencies that hinder spiritual progress and material prosperity.
A significant portion of Bengali devotional music features Kali as its central theme and is known as Shyama Sangeet. Mostly sung by male vocalists, today even women have taken to this form of music.
KALI is the Goddess who takes away darkness.   She cuts down all impurities, consumes all iniquities, purifies Her devotees with the sincerity of Her Love.  

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