Mund Mala

These carved skull beads are reminiscent of the necklace of skulls that the Goddess Kali wears. The skull mala as worn by the Hindu Goddess Kali symbolises liberation, knowledge & wisdom. Kali carries a fierce love that destroys demons and the part of our ego that deceives and creates troubling thoughts, freeing us of our lurking fears by giving us the strength to face the inner darkness to bring those fears to the light of consciousness.

Mundamala also called kapalamala or rundamala, is a garland of severed human heads and/or skulls, In Hinduism, the mundamala is a characteristic of fearsome aspects of the Hindu Divine Mother and the god Shiva; while in Buddhism, it is worn by wrathful deities of Tibetan Buddhism.