Karmandir 
About
The Saraswati Yantra is a yantra of Maa Saraswati, the goddess of learning, speech, music and the arts. Its common form is calm and simple: a six-pointed star inside a circle, a lotus of eight petals around it, and a square frame with four gates. Students, teachers, musicians and artists often keep it near their books or instruments or in the puja place, and many begin with it on Vasant Panchami, the day of Saraswati puja. Looking at it while chanting her mantra is a quiet way to start study or practice with a settled mind.
Parts of the yantra
Centre: the bindu, the seat of Maa Saraswati; on metal plates her mantra is written here. Shatkona: two crossing triangles forming a six-pointed star whose six points touch the circle. Around the circle, a lotus of eight petals, on which plates write short mantras of salutation. Bhupura: an outer square of three lines with a gate on each side, the boundary of the sacred space.
How to use it
Keep the yantra clean, near your books or instruments or in the puja place, facing you. Before study or practice, light a diya if you can, offer a white or yellow flower, rest your eyes gently on the centre and chant ॐ ऐं सरस्वत्यै नमः 11 or 21 times. Then begin your work calmly. Wipe the yantra with a soft, dry cloth and do not keep it on the floor.
ॐ ऐं सरस्वत्यै नमः
Om Aim Saraswatyai Namah →
Plates differ in small details: one print adds a small downward triangle at the centre of the star, and another adds an inner ring of eight small petals between the star and the outer petals. Both write mantras at the centre and on the petals; this drawing keeps only the lines they share and marks the centre with a bindu.
