No.

Seat of the Ganglionic Centres

Presidung Deities
(Hindu and Sufi)

Associated Elements

Representative Colors

Functions of each Centre

Merits of Meditation Thereon

1

Guda
(rectum)

Ganesh

Earth

Yellow

Purification of the body

It rids one of all ailments and grants the capacity to fly in the air (levitation)

2

Indri
(generative organ)

Brahma (Michael)

Water

Blue

Creation of species

Fearlessness, freedom from all bondage

3

Nabhi
(navel)

Vishnu
(Israel)

Fire

Red

Sustenance and preservation of species

Lord of all desires; heals all diseases; seer of hidden treasures; ability to enter into other bodies

4

Hirdey
(heart)

Shiva (Gabriel)

Air

Bluish-white
(smoky)

Disintegration, decay and death of species

The past, present and future reveal all their secrets

5

Kanth
(throat)

Shakti
(the Great Mother of the Universe)

Ether
(all-pervading)

White
(spotless)

The all-controlling power through the three Regents mentioned above with their specific functions

Becomes a yogishwar and knower of the Vedas, and to live a life of a thousand years

6

Aggya or Ajna located behind and between the two eyebrows with Antahkaran or the mind

Atman – the disembodied spirit freed from all raiments

The active life-principle; the very soul of Creation

Radiance and Luminosity in full splendor, ineffable

All in all, immanent in everything, the Alpha and the Omega of all that is, visible and invisible

Confers the highest gift possible, with all powers, both natural and supernatural