In Hinduism, Chinnamastaka (or Chinnamasta) is one of the mahavidyas and an aspect of Devi. In art, she is usually depicted holding her head with one hand.
She is traditionally portrayed as a naked or scantly dressed woman astride the bodies, in intimate position, of Kama (Hindu god of love and sexual lust), and his wife Rati.
Chinnamasta, having severed her own head with her own sword, holds her severed head on one of her hands.
The most famous temple of Chinnamasta is at Rajrappa, located in the Indian state of Jharkhand, and the place is one of the Shakti Peethas.
Meditating on Chinnamasta we can raise the kundalini directly from the third eye.chinnamasta is thus sacred to the siddhas who have rent asunder the veil of the mind.the way to the realms or lokas of the siddhas is through her.those seeking to contact the siddhas in the siddhaloka should worship her.
chinnamasta is the great yogini.she is the yoga shakti or the power of yoga, hence known as vajra yogini,para dakini, the supreme or foremost of the Dakinis the attendant goddesses on the yogis path.As she is worshipped by those seeking yogis and occult powers.
Chinnamasta relates to the third eye (Ajna Chakra) which is her chief place of action.She represents the third eye from which comes the lightning of direct that destroys all duality and negativity.As the upward movement of the vital vayus or airs which the yogis seek to develop she is Udana vayu.
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