The Shrividya school, a part of the hidden, ritually oriented religious practice known as tantra, uses a symbolic diagram (yantra) in their work.
The Shrichakra is made up of nine interlocking triangles, four of which point upwards and five of which point downwards.
A double sequence of lotus petals surrounds the figure,
followed by an encircling circle, and lastly angular outside walls.
A solitary point called as the bindu is located in the dia
gram's center, reflecting the ultimate deity that is the source of all things.
The shrichakra is said to be a subtle form of the goddess Lalita Tripurasundari, who is associated with a variety of indigenous deities in southern India.
Because she appears as a worship item in the Shrichakra
diagram but has no temple or picture, Lalita Tripurasundari is considered a
"textual" goddess.
The Shrichakra is utilized as a ritual assistance during
samharakrama, a ceremony in which the adept symbolically eliminates the
exterior world and conceptions of a distinct Self in order to become fully
united with this goddess, who is regarded the source of all existence.
Douglas Renfrew Brooks, The Secret of the Three Cities,
1990, has a lot of information about the Shrichakra.
