Devi Mandir

Temple of Divine Mother

Special Holiday Book Promotion

We made a 40% price reduction on several of your favorite books. These books will undoubtedly expand and deepen your sadhana but also are great gifts. Check out our sale today!

Living the Puja

As Pujaris, we must want to extend the principles of sadhana to every type of puja we perform. We know there are five parts to every puja: preparation, purification, invitation, union, and offers. In formal worship this means: Preparation: gathering the materials, organizing the altar, preparing the offerings, preparing the worshipper and your asana. Purification: cleaning […]

November Sankalpa: Kali Mantra

Namaste Friends and Family, The month of November is dedicated to Kali Maa. Shree Maa and Swamiji have given us a new sankalpa, but before we give the mantra, let’s remind ourselves why worship Kali this month. Listen to Shree Maa sing to Kali Maa Kali Maa takes away our darkness – our kala. She […]

The Worship of Gaṇeśa

This season of this year is a very significant time for the worship of Gaṇeśa; first, because the month of Badra is extremely important to Gaṇeśa, and second, because this is a leap year, and the month of Ashwin comes as an Adhika month, meaning it comes twice, in order to reconcile the lunar calendar […]

Learn New Mantra! MahaKali Chalisa

In the MahaKali Chalisa we sing praises to Kali Maa for Her good deeds as Her numerous Divine actions are recounted. Before you download the Kali Chalisa, we ask you to please sign up on the form below. Then download and read Swamiji and Shree Maa’s translation of this devotional hymn and meditate on Her […]

Shree Maa and Swamiji’s August Sankalpa

Our Beloved Family, We love you very much and we send our blessings to you all. This month is the month of Shravan, which is considered the most auspicious month to worship Lord Shiva. Shree Maa is performing not only her daily Shiva Puja, but also chanting the Rudrastadhyayi every day. Swamiji too has added […]

Lalita Trishati Class

We are having a class in English on the Lalita Trishati included in the book Shree Maa: The Guru and The Goddess. The online class is every evening at 8:00 PM in California, 8:30 AM in India, and you can join at meet.google.com/stw-arxt-xhq. Miss a class? You can listen to the recorded classes after they […]

Shree Maa’s 2020 Mother’s Day Message

Happy Mother’s Day to ALL of the Mothers and to especially Shree Maa who has played such a profound role in our lives. Please see below Shree Maa’s Mother’s Day message and then scroll down to view a spectacular video compiled by Parvati Maa that captures the beauty and bhavana of our Mother, Shree Maa. […]

Kashyap Sutras

Join Swamiji’s live podcast tonight on the Kashyap Sutras.

November Sankalpa

Namaste! This month’s sankalpa from Shree Maa is the very powerful 15 bījas (syllables) of Sri Lalita Devi, the playful Mother, called the Pañcadaśī Mantra. This mantra is the foundational mantra for Sri Vidya worshipers, and if chanted from the heart, all of your actions turn into worship and She will bless you with Supreme […]

October Sankalpa

We are currently celebrating Navaratri, which begins in the lunar month of Ashwin (Sept-Oct), and is a celebration of the Goddess Durga Maa. This month please chant the Durga Mantra… read more

Different forms of NavaDurgas

Knowing the importance of the different forms of Durga Maa will help you to perform Navaratri worship with ultimate devotion and dedication.

This understanding will keep you focused on a different aspect of Mother every day, as it outlines a path of sadhana to enrich and elevate the spiritual aspirant.…read more