The T&T Ya­tra Com­mit­tee re­cent­ly host­ed its sev­enth an­nu­al Kali Ya­tra Fes­ti­val which is be­com­ing quite pop­u­lar in T&T. The re­li­gious event be­gan on Sep­tem­ber 1, 2013, with the in­ten­tion of get­ting in­di­vid­u­als to un­der­stand the Hin­du god­dess.

Kali Maa, or Moth­er Kali as she is known, is wor­shipped large­ly by devo­tees be­long­ing to Shak­ti Tem­ples, but over the years, the or­gan­i­sa­tion has seen more of the main­stream Hin­du or­gan­i­sa­tions pay­ing some at­ten­tion to her.

This year’s Kali Ya­tra Fes­ti­val start­ed off at the main stage of the Di­vali Na­gar with Kali Pu­ja and was fol­lowed by a five-day Kali Yagna, on Au­gust 26 to 30. The Kali Ya­tra Fes­ti­val end­ed on In­de­pen­dence Day with a street pa­rade and Kali Vis­ar­jan (im­mer­sion) at Car­li Bay in Cou­va.