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 Savitṛ, a solar deity in the Vedas, and her consort in the Puranas is the creator god 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 | Brahma; Sadashiva (according to Shaivism) |
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