Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Devipuram Temple in Vizag


Devipuram's primary focus is the Sahasrakshi Meru Temple, a unique three-story structure built in the shape of a Sri Meru Yantra; i.e., a three-dimensional projection of the sacred Hindu diagram known as Sri Chakra, which is central to Srividya upasana (an ancient and intricate form of Tantric Shakta worship). Measuring 108 feet (33 m) square at its base and rising 54 feet (16 m) high, the temple has become an increasingly popular pilgrimage destination over the past decade. Two other shrines, the Kamakhya Peetham and Sivalayam, are located on hills adjacent to the main temple.
The sanctum sanctorum of the Sahasrakshi Meru Temple is reached by circumambulating inward and upward, past more than 100 life-sized murthis  of various shaktis or yoginis (deities expressing essential aspects of the Devi) who are, in Srividya cosmology, said to inhabit and energize the Sri Chakra. Their exact locations are "mapped" in an elaborate ritual called the Navavarana Puja ("Worship of the Nine Enclosures"), which was in turn condensed into a mantric composition called the Sri Devi Khadgamala Stotram ("Hymn to the Auspicious Goddess's Garland of Swords"), forming the basis of the temple's layout.

Out side all the dieties present in Khadgamala Strotram are there..
Proposed Layout of the temple in Devipuram (Manidweepam)



 Source : Adapted form Wikipedia and Images from Google Images and few from devipuram oficial website and other internet sources.



4 comments:

  1. Hi Madhu,by seeing the Pics,my heart is feeling to reach that place to look really.

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  2. thanks u very much... i am really glad to see such posts....

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  3. Thank u very much for uploading this photos

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  4. Devipuram's primary focus is the Sahasrakshi Meru Temple, a unique threestory structure built in the shape of a Sri Meru Yantra.
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