Kālī is one of the most powerful — and most misunderstood — figures in the religious imagination of South Asia. Frequently reduced to a fearsome image of skulls and destruction, she has been alternately romanticised, sanitised, and sensationalised. Yet within Śākta and Tantric traditions, Kālī represents something far more philosophically radical: the embodiment of time (kāla), the principle of dissolution, and the paradoxical ground of liberation. In this rigorous and text-grounded study, Dr Bhaskar Bora traces Kālī's development across the Devī Māhātmya , the Kālikā Purāṇa , and key Śākta Tantras, examining her evolution from battlefield manifestation to metaphysical absolute. This book explores: The relationship between Kālī and time in Hindu philosophy Ritual, sacrifice, and sacred kingship in Assam's Śākta traditions Cremation-ground symbolism and mortality consciousness Tantric metaphysics beyond popular distortion Nondual theology and the architecture of radical freedom Bringing together scripture, historical analysis, ritual study, and philosophical inquiry, this work restores intellectual depth to a figure too often misunderstood. Kālī is not merely a goddess of destruction. She is a theology of time. She is a grammar of liberation. For readers of Hindu philosophy, Tantra, goddess theology, and comparative religion, this book offers a serious and sustained engagement with one of India's most profound theological articulations.