

Lots of versions in the west make you sleep. Such sincere practitioners are extremely rare though in these days. A mantrin repeats the mantra as many as 125,000 to 2,400,000 times which takes around 3 years. Gayatri is the source of light for consciousness, the origin of all our spiritual and intellectual knowledge.Īs mantra practice, practicing it 108 times each day with a rudraksha mala is suggested.Īt a more advance stage, you can also chant this mantra mentally wherever you are and whenever you find a quiet moment.

So this mantra venerates the Sun and the Divine Mother. Savitr is venerated in the RigVeda, the oldest component of the Vedic scriptures appearing in RV 3.62.10, from where it derives the Gayatri Mantra. The Sun before sunrise is called Savitr, and after sunrise until sunset it is called Sūrya. The worship of the Sun is also worshiping Goddess Gāyatri. Savitur is the name of both the Sun and the Divine Mother. Mother Divine in the form of Gayatri is called Vedmata, the mother of the Vedas. Savitur Gayatri, derived from her name Savitri. There are 24 different Gayatri Mantras, but the main one and most popular is Gayatri Mantra was first recorded in the rig veda, the most ancient sanskrit text, and probably one of the most ancient text in the whole world, estimated to be maybe 3500 years old.
