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Encyclopedia > Batara Kala

Batara Kala is the god of the underworld, ruling over it in a cave along with Setesuyara, according to traditional Balinese mythology. Batara Kala is also named the creator of the light and the earth.






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CYBER WEB - INFOTAINMENT TODAY (1719 words)
Batara Kala, a bad son of god Guru, who was entitled to eat human-beings in the list of Sukerta.
Kala surrendered and he was instructed by Ki Dalang to live in the jungle of Krenda wahana.
Before leaving to the jungle, Kala asked some offerings consisting of agricultural crops and tools, kitchen utensils, some cattles such as: cows, buffaloes, sheep, chicken, ducks etc, long cloths, some food and mat, pillow and blanket to be used on his way to the jungle.
Uthaya Sankar SB (947 words)
Both by land and water, the terrible Shiva and Batara Guru or Kala, are supreme.
It is Batara Guru who alone has the "water of life", the elixir of life, which can restore life to dead humans and animals.
Of the lesser deities of Hinduism, the most notable who have remained in Malay superstition and folklore are the "gergasi", half-human forest spirits of Hindu mythology represented in Malay folk-lore as tusked orgres that feed on human flesh.
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