Goddess Gayatri is considered the mother of all the four Vedas. According to Ancient Hindu Sacred Texts, " The Gayatri is Brahma, Gayatri is Vishnu, Gayatri is Shiva, Gayatri is Vedas ". Later on, this Mantra came to be personified as a Goddess. She is believed to have five heads and is usually seated within a lotus. The four heads of Gayatri represents four Vedas and the fifth head represents Almighty God. By worshipping Goddess Gayatri, the sins and the inauspicious results of the bad deeds of many births are eliminated and knowledge of divine is generated. Gayatri proclaims the fundamental principle of Vedas that a man can get, realization of God in his life through his own efforts without the intervention of any other Spiritual power.

"Sun" is worshipped through the Mantra of Gayatri. Goddess Gayatri through her blessings, brings the blessings of Sun, eradicates the sins of past life, sharpens intelligence, enlightens you and enables you to possess divine qualities. It leads a person to the right path, blesses him with peace, happiness and contentment.

The Gayatri Mantra is the universal prayer enshrined in the Vedas, the most ancient Scriptures of Man. One have to recite the Mantra as follows :

" OM BHUR BHUVA SVAHA TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM BHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI DHI YO YONAH PRACHODAYAT "

The Gayatri Mantra can be translated as :

OM - Para Brahman

BHUR - Bhu Loka (Physical Plane) - This refers to the five elements this body is made up of

BHUVA - Bhuva Loka (Middle Plane) - This refers to the power in man which animates the body. This is actually the Prana Sakthi

SVAHA - Swarga Loka (Heaven)

TAT - That, this refers to God, or Paramatma

SAVITUR - That from which all is born

VARENYAM - Fit to be worshipped

BHARGO - The Radiance, the Spiritual Effulgence, the light that bestows wisdom.

DEVASYA - Divine Reality

DHEEMAHI - We Meditate

DHI YO - Buddhi, Intellect

YO - Which

NAH - Our

PRACHODAYAT - Enlighten

Sage Vishwamitra discovered the Gayatri Mantra. The Gayatri Mantra is addressed to the energy of the Sun - Surya. It has immense powers, which are truly amazing. Gayatri is the very basis of Vedas. It is also called Veda Mata (Mother of the Vedas). Gayatri is the mantra, which preserves, protects and rescues the chanter from mortality. Men, Women of all climes and creed, can chant Gayatri Mantra. The Gayatri Mantra is synonymous to the Divinity and therefore must be approached with humility, reverence, faith and love towards the Mantra.