Sri Yantra

Tripura Sundari, the beauty of the three worlds - Bhoo,

Bhuva and Swa. (Earth, Atmosphere and Sky(heaven)).
The worship of the Sri Chakra is central to the Shri Vidya
system of Hindu worship. Four isosceles triangles with
the apices upwards, representing Shiva or the Masculine.
Five isosceles triangles with the apices downward, symbolizing female embodiment Shakti. Thus the Sri Yantra
also represents the union of Masculine and Feminine Divine. Because it is composed of nine triangles, it is known
as the Navayoni Chakra.[1]
These nine triangles are of various sizes and intersect
with one another. In the middle is the power point
(bindu), visualizing the highest, the invisible, elusive centre from which the entire gure and the cosmos expand.
The triangles are enclosed by two rows of (8 and 16)
petals, representing the lotus of creation and reproductive vital force. The broken lines of the outer frame denote the gure to be a sanctuary with four openings to the
regions of the universe.[2]

The Srichakra M, frequently called the Sri Yantra.

In a recent issue of Brahmavidya, the journal of the

Adyar Library, Subhash Kak argues that the description
of Sri Yantra is identical to the yantra described in the
vetvatara Upanisad.[3]
Together the nine triangles are interlaced in such a way
as to form 43 smaller triangles in a web symbolic of the
entire cosmos or a womb symbolic of creation. Together
they express Advaita or non-duality. This is surrounded
by a lotus of eight petals, a lotus of sixteen petals, and an
earth square resembling a temple with four doors.[1] The
various deities residing in the nine layers of the Sri Yantra
are described in the Devi Khadgamala Mantra.
The Shri Chakra is also known as the nav chakra because it can also be seen as having nine levels. Nine
comes from Nau or Nava of Sanskrit. Each level corresponds to a mudra, a yogini, and a specic form of the
deity Tripura Sundari along with her mantra. These levels
starting from the outside or bottom layer are:[1]
The Sri Yantra in diagrammatic form, showing how its nine interlocking triangles form a total of 43 smaller triangles.

1. Trailokya Mohan or Bhupar, a square of three lines

with four portals

The Sri Yantra is a form of mystical diagram, known as

a yantra, found in the Shri Vidya school of Hindu tantra.
The diagram is formed by nine interlocking triangles that
surround and radiate out from the central (bindu) point.
The two dimensional Sri Chakra, when it is projected into
three dimensions is called a Maha Meru. Mount Meru
derives its name from this Meru like shape.

2. Sarva Aasa Paripurak, a sixteen-petal lotus

It represents the goddess in her form of Shri Lalita or

6. Sarva Rakshakar, composed of ten small triangles

3. Sarva Sankshobahan, an eight-petal lotus

4. Sarva Saubhagyadayak, composed of fourteen
small triangles
5. Sarva Arthasadhak, composed of ten small triangles

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7. Sarva Rogahar, composed of eight small triangles
8. Sarva Siddhiprada, composed of 1 small triangle

REFERENCES

Matrubhuteshwar Temple, Sri Ramanasramam,

Tiruvannamalai installed by Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi

9. Sarva Anandamay, composed of a point or bindu

At Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati, Assam (This

mandir itself in the shape of shree yantra)

The Sri Chakra (called the Shri Yantra) is the symbol of

Hindu tantra, which is based on the Hindu philosophy of
Kashmir Shaivism. The Sri Yantra is the object of devotion in Sri Vidya.

Puthenkavil Devi Temple, Cherumukha, Nooranad,

Alapphuzha, Kerala

ri Chakra MahaMeru Temple in Thrikkuttissery,

near Balussery in Kozhikode District, Kerala, India.

In temples
Aadi shankaracharya sthapita Dharma mahasamsthana Dakshninamnaya Peetham sringeri
sharadamba temple .
Maa Pitambara Bagulamukhi Mahakal Temple Guraiya Chindwara Madhya Pradesh India[4]
ri
Chakra
Mahameru
Koradacheri,Tamil Nadu

Peetham

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hree Kshetra Hedavde Mahalaxmi, Optimised Sri

Yantra intsalled by Sri Sri Dada Hatey
Pashupatinath Temple, Nepal, At the roof of Ganga
Mai temple (This temple is carved in shape of meru
shri yantra)
ri Chakra Man with 10 claws, Blacktown Temple,
Shivashivashivamanium
ri Yantra carved on Stone in Mahalaxmi Temple Kolhapur Maharashtra, it installed by Adi
Shankaracharya.(This temple is shape of meru shri
yantra)
Adiparashakti (Tripurasundari Rajarajeshwari)
Chapel, Anand Ashram Ubud (Bali) - where the
Personication or Vigraha of ri Yantra is installed
and worshiped daily
Kamakshi temple, Jonnawada, Nellore
Kamakshi temple, Kanchipuram
Kalikambal temple, Chennai
Kamakshi temple, Mangadu, Chennai
ri Kali Temple, Out side Sanganeri Gate,
MotiDunri Road, Jaipur
Nimishamba temple, SriRangapatana, Mysore District.
Prasanna Meenakshi Temple, Shivanasamudra,
Malavalli Tk, Mandya Dist,Karnataka.
Kollur Mookambike Temple, Udupi dist, Karnataka

ri Tyagarajaswamy udanurai Vadivudai amman

temple Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvottiyur

Sri Maha Meru engraved in rock inside the Arapaleeshwarar Shiva temple, Kolli Hills
Sri Mah Meru Dhyana Nilayam, Panruti-Kandigai,
Near Oragadam (Royal Eneld Factory), 631604
Shri Laxminarayan Temple, Orchha, Madhya
Pradesh.
Shri Raja Rajeshwari Temple, RR nagar, Mysore
Road, Bangalore

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3 References
[1] Shankaranarayanan, S. (1979). Sri Chakr (3rd ed.). Dipti
Publications.
[2] Kuiper, K (2011). Understanding India: The Culture
of India. Britannica Educational Publishing. ISBN
9781615302031.
[3] http://ikashmir.net/subhashkak/docs/SriChakra.pdf Subhash Kak, The Great Goddess Lalit and the r Cakra.
Brahmavidy: The Adyar Library Bulletin, vol. 72-73,
pp. 155-172, 2008-2009
[4] www.ubudashram.org

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