Anybody even remotely associated with Indian culture has listened to and probably chanted the Gayatri mantra, an amalgamation of sacred Sanskrit syllables that expresses one's veneration of Paramatma. Many sources identify her to be the Prakriti Roopa of Gayatri (Savitra), a solar deity described in the Vedas. The Devi Gayatri is the Parlokiya (otherworldly) personification of this all-important mantra, wife of the majestic Sadashiva, and a roop of Parvati. Like her husband, she is Pancha Mukhi (five-headed) and Dashabhuja Dhari (ten-armed), the most powerful form of the Hindu Devi that there is. In each of her hands are dharmic implements such as the begging bowl, the dharma chakra, and divine weapons to defeat Adharm; while the anterior pair of hands are poised in blessing.
