Tripura Sundari (Lalita) 3 Cm Round Badge

Tripura Sundari, also known as Rajarajeshvari, Shodashi, Kamakshi, and Lalita is a Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of supreme goddess Mahadevi mainly venerated in Shaktism, the goddess-orientated sect of Hinduism. She is also one of the ten Mahavidyas. She is praised in many Shakta texts, with Lalita Sahasranama, Soundarya Lahari being the most popular one. She is known as Adi Parashakti in Lalitopakhyana of Brahmanda Purana. According to the Srikula tradition in Shaktism, Tripura Sundari is the foremost of the Mahavidyas, the supreme divinity of Hinduism and also the primary goddess of Sri Vidya. The Tripura Upanishad places her as the ultimate Shakti (energy, power) of the universe. She is described as the supreme consciousness, ruling from above Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Attribution: By Ckvicky1992 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112471484.