The Sri Chakra puja is performed in Ramanashram inside the Matrabhuteswara shrine every Friday, every full moon and on the first day of every tamil month. Sri Chakra puja or Yantra puja is worship of the deity in a diagrammatic form. The worship of the divine mother, Devi in this form is the highest form of Devi worship. The Bindu in the centre of the Sri chakra represents the cosmic spiritual union of Shiva and Shakthi. By worshipping Devi in Sri Chakra, one is worshipping the highest ultimate force in the tantric form.

The presiding deity of the Sri Chakra is Lalita Tripura Sundari, the sovereign of the 3 realms in all areas i.e. of the 3 gunas – Rajas, Tamas and Sattva, of the 3 lights – Sun, Moon and Fire, the 3 energies – Icchai (Will), Jnana (Knowledge) and Kriya (Action), of the 3 states – Jagrat (waking), Swapna (dreaming) and Sushupti (deep sleep) etc. She is also the ruler of the zodiac, the planets and of Time itself. It is hard to say what She is not.

The 9 avaranas of the Sri Chakra have various presiding Devis. They are the Devis Parivar (retinue) and they number totally 108. During the Sri Chakra puja they are systematically worshipped one by one with their names and mantras. This is known as Navaavarana puja. Lalitha Sahasranamam, Durga namavali, Durga ashtothram are all chanted during the puja.

In Ramanashram, experienced Brahmin priests well-versed in the vedic tradition perform the Sri chakra puja to the Sri Chakra Mehru in the sanctum santorum of the Mother’s shrine (which was installed by Sri Ramana Maharshi himself) with great devotion and spiritual energy. The ceremony begins around sunset and lasts for a span of nearly three hours at the end of which Prasad is distributed to all present. Devotees feel greatly energized by this puja due to the intense Shakthi which arises from the Mother and look forward to it every week!

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