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यन्त्र

Sacred Geometry & Symbols

Yantra, lotus and bindu — the visual grammar of devotion.

Context and provenance for the shapes that recur through Indian sacred art, and contemporary visual interpretations of them as minimalist framed art.

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  1. Chapter 5 · 31 அக்டோபர்The Sri Yantra, Line by LineNine triangles, two lotuses and a square with four gates: how the Sri Yantra is built, where it comes from, and why drawing it well is so hard.

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The Sri Yantra: nine interlocking triangles in red and saffron around a central point, inside an eight-petal and a sixteen-petal lotus, three circles and a square enclosure with four gates, drawn in gold on deep green.

Sri Yantra — Nine Triangles, Two Lotuses, Four Gates

Sacred Geometry & Symbols

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The nine triangles of the Sri Yantra alone: four pointing upward in gold and five pointing downward in red, inside a circle, with the central point marked.

The Nine Triangles — Four Upward, Five Downward

Sacred Geometry & Symbols

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