Key Steps of Srichakra Navavarna Pooja.. What are the key components of Sri Chakra Navavarna Pooja..?
Sankalpa (Vow/Intention): The devotee takes a sacred vow to perform the pooja sincerely with devotion and focus.
Pranayama (Breathing Exercises): Controlled breathing to prepare the mind and body for spiritual practice and heightened awareness.
Invocation and Purification: Offering prayers to Ganapati to remove obstacles, and the Navagrahas (nine planets) for blessings. Purification of the Sri Chakra yantra with holy water and fragrant substances.
Nyasa (Mantra Placement): Recitation of specific mantras while touching different parts of the Sri Chakra yantra to consecrate and energize it. This includes bija mantras associated with the various deities of the yantra’s enclosures.
Offering (Archana): Offering flowers, sandalwood paste, kumkum, rice, and other sacred items to the yantra while chanting corresponding mantras that honor the deities of each layer.
Recitation of Mantras and Hymns: Chanting Lalita Sahasranama, Panchadasi (15 syllable mantra), Sri Suktam, and other sacred texts or hymns to invoke the Goddess’s blessings.
Worship of the Six Anga-devatas: Specific rituals to honor six key deities associated with directions and elements symbolized in the Sri Chakra.
Nitya Puja (Worship of the 15 Nityas): Reciting mantras and offering prayers to the 15 attendant goddesses within the Sri Chakra’s internal triangles, which represent powerful cosmic energies.
Meditation on the Bindu: Focusing on the central point of the Sri Chakra, symbolizing the union of Shiva and Shakti, the ultimate spiritual realization.
Concluding Aarti and Prasad Distribution: The ritual ends with waving the lamp (aarti) symbolizing dispelling darkness and distributing blessed offerings to participants.
Optional Internal Worship (Antaryaga): Advanced practitioners perform internal meditation marking the yantra points within the body to awaken Kundalini and spiritual Kundalini.
These components together constitute a deeply symbolic and powerful worship that progresses layer by layer through the Sri Chakra’s nine enclosures, purifying and activating the devotee’s spiritual energy.