Tag Tantra

Devi Worship Dasa Mahavidya Names Introduction

I plan to post a series of articles on the subject , incorporating Yoga and Srividya Upasana.

I am posting the different types of worship of the Mother Devi.

They are essentially ten in number, according to Srividya Tantra Shastra.

Details may be found in the Devi-Bhagavata Purana, especially its last nine chapters (31-40) of the seventh skandha.

They are.

Kali – The ultimate form of Brahman, "Devourer of Time" (Supreme Deity of Kalikula systems)
Tara – The Goddess as Guide and Protector, or Who Saves.Who offers the ultimate knowledge which gives salvation (also known as Neel Saraswati).
Tripura Sundari (Shodashi) – The Goddess Who is "Beautiful in the Three Worlds" (Supreme Deity of Srikula systems); the "Tantric Parvati" or the "Moksha Mukta".
Bhuvaneshvari – The Goddess as World Mother, or Whose Body is the Cosmos
Bhairavi – The Fierce Goddess
Chhinnamasta – The self-decapitated Goddess[5]

Temple 64 Yoginis Dance Around Shiva Hirpur India

Shakti or Devi worship is very ancient in Hinduism.

Goddess Uma is worshiped in Her various Forms.
There are Temples devoted to this form of worship and the activity of Tantra Shastra was at its peak in the Central and Eastern part of India.

Worship of Yoginis started in Odisha in 800 AD and flourished till 1300 AD.

"64 Yoginis come into focus when references are made to the dark side of Tantricism. The cult of tantrics profusely flourished in the 8th century where it reached its peak. Today we have just 4 of these temples scattered across our indian landscape