Maha Pratyangira is a fierce Hindu goddess known for destroying evil and protecting devotees, represented with a lion's head and a human body to symbolize the union of Shiva and Shakti. She is invoked for protection against black magic, negative influences, and enemies, and is also called Atharvana Bhadrakali and Narasimhi. According to legend, she emerged from the third eye of Lord Shiva's Sarabeswara form, which was created to calm the wrath of Lord Vishnu's Narasimha avatar after he killed the demon Hiranyakashipu.
