What is Sri Yantra?
[[Image:SriYantra color.svg|thumb|The Shri Yantra.]] The '''Shri Yantra''' or '''Sri Chakra''' of [[Tripura Sundari]] is a [[yantra]] or [[mandala]] formed by nine [[interlocking]] [[Triangle|triangles]] surrounding a dot in the center called a [[bindu]]. Four of these triangles are upright representing [[Shiva]] or the [[Masculinity|Masculine]]. Five of these triangles are inverted representing [[Shakti]] or the [[Femininity|Feminine]]. Because it is composed of nine triangles, it is also known as the ''navayoni chakra''.<ref name=SC>{{cite book|last=Shankaranarayanan|first=S.|title=Sri Chakra|edition=3rd|year=1979|publisher=Dipti Publications}}</ref> Together the nine triangles are interlaced in such a way as to form [[43 (number)|43]] smaller triangles in a [[web]] symbolic of the entire [[Universe|cosmos]] or a [[womb]] symbolic of [[creation]]. Together they express [[Advaita|Advaita-ism]] or [[non-duality]]. This is surrounded by a [[Lotus (genus)|lotus]] of eight [[Petal|petals]], a lotus of sixteen petals, and an [[earthsquare]] resembling a [[temple]] with four doors.<ref name=SC/> The Shri Chakra is also known as the ''nava chakra'' because it can also be seen as having nine levels. Each level corresponds to a [[mudra]], a [[yogini]], and a specific form of the deity [[Tripura Sundari]] along with her [[mantra]]. These levels starting from the outside or bottom layer are:<ref name=SC/> #''Trailokya Mohana'', a square of three lines with four [[portals]] #''Sarvasa Paripuraka'', a sixteen-petal lotus #''Sarva Sankshobahana'', an eight-petal lotus #''Sarva Saubhagyadayaka'', composed of fourteen small triangles #''Sarvarthasadhaka'', composed of ten small triangles #''Sarva Rakshakara'', composed of ten small triangles #''Sarva Rohahara'', composed of eight small triangles #''Sarva siddhi prada'', composed of 1 small triangle #''Sarvanandamaya'', composed of a point or ''bindu'' ==TEMPLES== 1.Shri Yantra Temple, This temple is most popular and ancient . [[File:Shri Narmadeshwar Shri Laxmi Yantra Man