Gayatri Mantras

This Times Music app will take you on a journey through the enchanting yet powerful sounds of the Gayatri Mantras, the most sacred of the Vedic mantras, appearing in the Rigveda. Read about them and enjoy a variety of versions included here to soak in the rich and divine sound of each.
The Mantra is named for Gayatri Devi.

She is Veda Mata, the mother of the Vedas meaning the eternal sacred knowledge. She is the divine hymn, the personification of Parabrahman, the Absolute Deity. She is the supreme unity and mother of theTrimurti. She is the protector of the five pranas. The Mantra and Gayatri are also known as Savitri, who is sister of the Sun originally the goddess of the Sun, and the river Savitri. In traditional iconography, three of the five heads of Gayatri are Shiva, Vishnu and Brahman, the masculine Trimurti.

Her five heads also symbolize the five elements, and also the five koshas or sheaths which cover our inner nature or Atman. Her ten arms hold the ten weapons of Vishnu, signifying the ten incarnations. She is seen as the mother and culmination of Sri Lakshmi, Sri Parvati and Sri Saraswati. She is the supreme power or Adi Shakti of God. Her ten eyes look in the eight directions as well as to the earth or underworld and sky or heaven. She is the unity in eternity of the past, present and future.

App Name:Gayatri Mantras

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