About Shri Vidya

Shri Vidya is a Hindu Tantric religious system devoted to the Goddess as Lalitā Tripurasundarī, Bhuvaneshvari, etc. A thousand names for this form of Devī are recited in the Lalitā Sahasranāma, which includes Śrī Vidyā concepts. The sect accepts and aims to provide both material prosperity and self-realisation. It has an extensive literature. Details of belief vary in different texts but the general principles are similar to those found in Kashmir Shaivism. Although Shri Vidya is completely against Adi Shankara's Advaita philosophy, in some parts of India, it is believed to be originated from him.