Devipuram: Sadhana Kshetram

Devipuram is a Sadhana Kshetram to learn and to do Shakti-Sadhana in satvic traditions. It is located on the bus route 5km from Sabbavaram to Anakapalle, close to Vizag.

Here Kamakhya and Siva temples are on a hillock. At the ground level is the Sri Meru temple.

Kamakhya devi is the form of yoni, the mother of all. All 10 maha-vidyas including the Sri-Chakra reside there. Devotees can do serious sadhanas here in AP, saving the trouble of going to Assam to see Kamakhya. Kanyas, desiring soubhagyam get abhishekams done at the "dhara" in Kamakhya here. Chidless couples get their desire fulfilled here.

Siva temple has a marble Lingam and phallic Lingam outside for archana. Prior to Muslim and Christian eras, satvic tantrics worshipped phallus as Siva, yoni as Shakti and offered their joys to Siva-Sakti. Even today, sadhakas are doing these pujas in secret places all over the world.

At the ground level, the temple itself is a big Sri-Cakra. Walking into it, life size Khadgamala deities greet the visitors. Some are nude. They openly suggest that desire should be directed towards God/Goddess. This is the concept behind Bhakti, expressing love and desire for God/Goddess.

Today, moral values are changing. Promiscuity and power games are in vogue. People are disrespecting our great tantric traditions. They are saying it is only black magic, which is far from the truth. We need to protect our youth from buying vulgarity and cruelty from the culture of advertisements stoking up desires. We need to direct their energies into love.

You are requested to visit this unique Shakti Sadhana Kshetra based on exquisite culture of beauty and harmony. Please promote our great Shakta, Saiva and Vaishnava traditions. We need to guide lust of the young towards sringara aimed at divinity.

Let us value great traditions set by Kshetrayya's padas, Annamacharya's kirtanas, Jayadeva's Gita Govinda, Adi Sankaracharya's Soundarya Lahari, Ramakrishana's Mother worship, Sai Baba's Love all, serve all. The great erotic sculptures of Konark, Khajuraho and our ancient temples bear testimony to our Samskriti based on Bhakti. Loss of such culture is at stake otherwise. We cannot ignore the role of sexuality in tantra. So we intend to dedicate a separate section to explicit discussions. Stay tuned.

Amritananda