The Meru Shri Yantra
In the श्री विद्या tradition the Shri Yantra is the geometric form of the supreme Shakti, Shri Lalita Tripurasundari. When the yantra is sculpted in three dimensions, rising in tiers rather than drawn flat, it is called a Meru. The grand black-stone Meru enshrined at Shri Vidhya Kalyan Dham is worshipped by devotees as Shri Yantraraj, the king of yantras.
Consecration
From 2 to 4 May 2025 (Friday to Sunday) the Dham held the pran-pratishtha yagna mahotsav of the Shri Yantra together with Bala, Kamakhya, the Dasha Mahavidya, the Diggajas (the eight elephants of the directions) and the Ashta Mahanag. With an evening of santvani and lok-dayro and a night of raas-garba, these three days are a golden page in the history of the Dham.
Shringar darshan
Every Friday evening Shri Yantraraj is adorned with flowers, garlands and lamps. The shringar darshan and aarti are open to all devotees. On Paush Purnima (Shakambhari Purnima), Guru Purnima and the Patotsav, a mahapuja and laksharchan of Shri Yantraraj are performed.
The nine avaranas, from outside in
The Shri Yantra has nine enclosures. Beginning with the outer square, the भूपुर with its four gates, the city of the earth; then the sixteen-petal and eight-petal lotuses; then the nine interlocking triangles, four pointing upward for Shiva and five downward for Shakti; and finally the central बिन्दु. This order, from gross to subtle and from outside to within, maps the journey of sadhana. The same symbols, bindu, triangle, lotus and bhupura, shape the design of this website.
Hreem, the bija mantra
ह्रीं (Hreem) is the bija mantra of Bhuvaneshwari in Shri Vidya, also called Hrillekha and the Taraka bija. In the traditional reading, ह stands for Shiva, र for Prakriti (fire), ई for Mahamaya, and the bindu for the Mother who dispels sorrow. The Hreem seen on the posters of the Dham and on this website recalls this very bija.