Gayatri
Gayatri (Sanskrit: गायत्री, IAST: Gāyatrī) is the personified form of the Gayatri Mantra, a popular hymn from Vedic texts. She is also known as Savitri, and bears the epithet of Vedamata (mother of the Vedas). Gayatri is often associated with Savitr, a solar deity in the Vedas and her consort is Brahma. Gayatri is also an epithet for the various goddesses and she is also identified as "Supreme pure consciousness".
| Gayatri | |
|---|---|
Mother of the Vedas Personification of the Gayatri Mantra | |
| Member of Pancha Prakriti | |
Illustration by Raja Ravi Verma. In illustrations, the goddess often sits on a lotus flower and appears with five heads and five pairs of hands. | |
| Other names | Savitri, Vedamata |
| Devanagari | गायत्री |
| Sanskrit transliteration | gāyatrī |
| Affiliation | Devi, Saraswati, Mahadevi, Parvati, Durga, Lakshmi |
| Abode | Satyaloka, Manidvipa |
| Mantra | Gayatri Mantra |
| Symbol | Vedas |
| Mount | Hamsa |
| Festivals | Gayatri Jayanti, Saraswati Puja |
| Consort | Sadashiva (according to Shaivism) Brahma |
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