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Tantra style

In a recent trip to India I had the honour of participating in a contemporary reconstruction of a 1000-year old ritual called the Trika Pūjā. Trika means “triad” and Pūjā means “worship.” This ritual is about the worship of three goddesses, who together form the holy trinity of Tantric religious practice.¹

I was in an underground temple amongst the tea plantations of Kerala in southern India. I was with my beautiful wife and a small group of young Indians who are Tantric practitioners.

This ritual, the Trika Pūjā, had essentially been lost until the scholarly work of Mark Dyczkowski. Markji, as he is affectionately known by these people, was a man who spent his life in India working to recapture the Tantric traditions. He passed away in early 2025 and so the enactment of this ritual in contemporary settings is, to some extent, a way to honour his legacy. Markji’s work has allowed practitioners to reconstruct the medieval style of worship of these three goddesses.

And so we were treated t…