The Gyatr Mantra (Sanskrit: ) is a highly revered mantra of the Vedic tradition.

Just
like all the Vedic Mantras, the GayatriMantra is considered not to have an author and like all
other mantras is believed to have been revealed to a Brahmarshi, in this case
Brahmarshi Vishvamitra. This is a Vedic Sanskrit verse from a hymn of the Rigveda (3.62.10).
Gayatri is the name of the meter in which the verse is composed.[1] The most interesting aspect of
the mantra is that the mantra is considered to be not different from the divine entity that forms the
content of the mantra. Thus the name of the divine entity contained in the mantra is also Gayatri. In
other words, the Gayatri mantra is not just a means of worship but is an object of worship in itself.
The word 'Gayatri' is used both in reference to the Gayatri Mantra as an object of worship and in
reference to the divine entity described in the mantra. It is in this sense of the Gayatri Mantra being
an object of worship that the Mantra is personified into a goddess.
As the verse can be interpreted to invoke the deva Savitr, it is often called Svitr mantra.
[2]

Depending on how Savitri is interpreted, this mantra can be seen as connected to Sun

Worship, Yoga, Tantra and Mother Goddess.

Its recitation is traditionally preceded by o and the formula bhr bhuvah svah , known as
the ahvyhrti ("great (mystical) utterance"). It is made up of three (mystical) utterances: Bhooh,
Bhuvah and Svah. The three utterances are taken as the names of three worlds:- Bhooh: the
terrestrial, Svah: celestial and Bhuvah: the world connecting terrestrial to celestial. These are the
names of the first three of the seven vyhr ti or higher worlds of Hindu cosmology. From a
meditational point of view, Bhooh, Bhuvah, Svah are mystically interpreted as the three
degrees/levels of depths of meditation: Conscious, Semi-conscious and the Unconscious.
The Gayatri Mantra is repeated and cited very widely in vedic literature, [3] and praised in several wellknown classical Hindu texts such asManusmr ti,[4] Harivamsa,[5] and the Bhagavad Gita.[6][7] The mantra
is an important part of the upanayanam ceremony for young males in Hinduism, and has long been
recited by Dvija males as part of their daily rituals. Modern Hindu reform movements spread the
practice of the mantra to include women and all castes and its use is now very widespread. [8][9]