The two prominent schools of śākta Tantra, Kālīkula and śrīkula are together composed of eighteen Mahāvidyās. The Gauḍa Krama usually consists of twelve Mahāvidyās:

    ॥ रौरवागमोक्त सदाशिव स्तोत्रम्‌ ॥ सुराधिपं नमस्कृत्य शशाङ्ककृतशेखरम्‌ । कपालमालिनं देवं प्रणतोऽस्मि सदाशिवम्‌ ॥ १ ॥ कालेश्वरं महाकालं कालञ्जरनिवासिनम्‌ । कालकृत्कालवेत्तारं प्रणतोऽस्मि सदाशिवम्‌

    A Pūrṇābhiṣikta śākta is required to observe four sandhyās: Prātaḥ, Madhyāhna, Sāyam, and Turīya. In Bimbāmbikā Sampradāya, there are two methods of reciting

    The Sadāśiva chakra is composed of five chakras: Tatpuruṣa, Aghōra, Vāmadēva, Sadyōjāta, and īśāna. Here the word chakra refers to yantra (maṇḍala), mūrti,

May the righteous wrath of Bhūtanātha destroy the dharma and karma bhraṣṭas who abuse not just Lord Maṇikaṇṭha, but the Supreme Mahārudra himself!    

  Sri S K Ramachandra Rao introduced me to the divine shrine of Lord Gurunarasimha situated in the village of Saligrama in Karnataka. The beauty,