Raja Kali - The Divine Protector

Jaya Tvam Devi Chamundi

Jaya Bhuu Taapa Haarini |

Jaya Sarva Gathe

Devi Kaalaraatri Namostu Te ||

Victory to You, O Devi Chamunda,
Victory to You, Who are the Remover of Worldly Afflictions and Sorrows,
Victory to You O Devi, Who are Present in All Beings;
Salutations to You, O Devi Kalaratri.

Devi Kali is the destroyer of evil forces. The Divine Mother is the most powerful form of Shakti, Who destroys the evil in order to protect the innocent.
Revered as Adi Shakti or Adi Parashakti - Mother of the Universe, She is the divine protector and the one who bestows moksha, or liberation.
Kali means Kala or force of time. Before creation, there was only darkness and everything was created from the darkness.
The Dark appearance of Devi Kali represents the darkness from which everything was born.
As she is also the Goddess of Preservation, the Devi is worshiped as the preserver of nature.
She is the Protector who washes away a dark night or a night of a great battle (kaal means time and ratri means night).
She is the one who destroys ignorance and removes darkness.

Jai Maa Kali

The Devi is adored and worshipped as "Dasa-Mahavidya"

Kali: The ultimate form of Brahman, "Devourer of Time"

Tara: The Goddess as Guide and Protector, or Who Saves. Who offers the ultimate knowledge which gives salvation (also known as Neel Saraswati)

Lalita-Tripurasundari (Shodashi): The Goddess Who is "Beautiful in the Three Worlds"; the "Tantric Parvati" or the "Moksha Mukta".

Bhuvaneshvari : The Goddess as World Mother, or Whose Body is the Cosmos

Bhairavi : The Fierce Goddess

Chhinnamasta : The Self-Decapitated Goddess

Dhumavati : The giver of siddhis (supernatural powers), rescuer from all troubles and granter of all desires and rewards, including ultimate knowledge and moksha (salvation)

Bagalamukhi : The Goddess Who Paralyzes Enemies

Matangi : the "Tantric Saraswati"

Kamala : The Lotus Goddess; the "Tantric Lakshmi"