Greatest following for king and Hindu deity (4)
I believe the answer is:
kali
'hindu deity' is the definition.
(Kali is an example)
'greatest following for king' is the wordplay.
'greatest following' becomes 'ali' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'ali' put after 'k' is 'KALI'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kali that I've seen before include "Hindu goddess of destruction" , "Hindu goddess of death" , "Terrifying Hindu goddess" , "Indian goddess" , "Hindu consort of Siva" .)