Abhayavarapradayini

A beautiful meru made from the Jagadhatri yantra. Meru puja or aavarna puja is one of the most integral forms of shakta upasana. The deity is always surrounded by other lesser deities which are emanations from the moola devata. A competent upasaka gradually through practice propitiates the anga, kula and parivaara devatas to have darshan of the moola devata. Older temples also reflect this and often the sannidhis around the moola vigraha were arranged as per the yantra of the deity. Kashi, Ujjain and some other cities are even larger conceptions of this same idea.