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SVB-Peetha will be the abode of Mother Goddess Shri Vidya, well
known as Ma Durga. She is also known as Maha Lakshmi or
Lalita-Tripurasundari.
Shri means that which makes one great.
Vidya means wisdom
Bhava means emotions or “from the heart”
Peetha means the base or abode or dwelling.
Shri Vidya is the Wisdom Form of Mother Goddess. This is the
highest form of the Devi worshipped in the Himalayan Tradition.
Bhava Peetha means the “Emotional Abode of Wisdom” or the
“Heart-Dwelling”
The shrine is made in shape of a hollow Shiva Lingam. At the
basement or the Root Chakra of Shiva, there is a meditation room
called the Hiranya Garbha- the Golden Womb.
At the Heart Chakra level, the Soul of Shiva and His Eternal
Consort, Ma Shri Vidya, will be consecrated. The celebratory idol
(utsava murti) will be in the form of a Shri Yantra, which will be
worshipped with ritual ablutions, daily. The main idol will be in
form of Lalita Tripurasundari-the Playful Beauty.
The dome of the temple is planned in form of Shri Yantra.
Scientifically, the oblong shape. as in a Shiva lingam is a
powerful energy generator and its repository. All nuclear reactors
are shaped in that form. So are all missiles and missile
launchers. Oblong shape also symbolically represents the Cosmic
Egg – the Cauldron of Creation that cracked the Big Bang! That
portion of the Shiva linga which is below the ground represents
the unmanifest Universe. The portion above the ground represents
the entire manifest Universe.
Worship and meditation in such a shrine brings about powerful
karmic transformation and enhancement of positive energy for
individuals as well as humanity in general.
Prana pratishtha or “installation of life force” in to the idol of
Ma Lalita Tripurasundari is planned for the Chaitra Navaratra. It
is a very sacredceremony in which the presence of the Divine
Mother is invoked. She is invited to fill Her idol with Herself
and dwell in the humble peetha She is consecrated upon. All other
accompanying deities are also similarly invoked and consecrated.
They include Shiva Himself, Vishnu, Brahma, Ishana, Ganesha and
Kaal Bhairava. Apart from the above deities, the global idols of
the Divine Mother will also be consecrated in their respective
traditions.
In the Devi-tradition, The Divine Mother primarily manifests as
the Ten Wisdom Goddesses. It is planned that the consecration of
Ma will be done by ten women, representing the Ten Wisdom
Goddesses, the Dasa Mahavidyas. Consecration will comprise
Sahastra Chandi Maha Yagya where in 1008 chants of the Durga
saptasati will be done along with other Mahapuja ceremonies. This
is an extremely powerful yagya, seldom performed due to its size
of rituals and complexities. |