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Yantra

Five sacred diagrams, etched into natural bamboo, with a Japanese movement inside. ₹3,999 with taxes and shipping included.
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WHAT IS A YANTRA?

A big idea, drawn as exact lines.

Yantra is Sanskrit for an instrument or a device. In Indian tradition it is a geometric diagram, built from a few simple shapes and drawn with great care, used as a focus for prayer and meditation.

You have probably seen one without knowing its name: framed in a puja room, painted above a shop counter, or tucked into the cash box. Each yantra is linked with a deity and an idea, from new beginnings to learning to wealth.

Sri Yantra diagram
1.Bindu

The dot at the centre, where everything begins.

2.Triangles

Pointing up and down, the two forces held in balance.

3.Circles

Rings that hold the design and show its rhythm.

4.Lotus petals

A ring of petals for purity and unfolding.

5.Bhupura

The square frame with four gates, one to each direction.

~800 BCE

Before the clock, the cord

The Sulba Sutras, the "rules of the cord", explained how to lay out fire altars with exact geometry. One altar was built in the shape of a falcon. Yantras share the same instinct.

Every line

Nothing is decoration

Each line sits in a fixed place, so the diagram is copied exactly. That precision is why yantras suit a watch dial, the most precise face you own.

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A glance that earns something

You check a watch dozens of times a day. With a yantra on the dial, every glance is a small reminder of the idea you chose.

THE FIVE MODELS

Choose the story you want to wear.

Same 36 mm bamboo watch, five different yantras. Tap one to read its story, see the full specifications and order.

Sri Yantra Harmony

Sri Yantra

The most famous diagram in India.

Nine triangles lock around one central point and form 43 smaller triangles, in five concentric levels. Temples carry it, and so do the three-dimensional
mountain versions called Meru.

It is one of the most studied pieces of geometry in Indian art, and every line has its place. Trace it from the dot outward and you see why people have kept redrawing it for centuries.

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Ganesha Yantra Beginnings

Ganesha Yantra

Every Indian start begins here.

Almost everything in India starts with Ganesha: weddings, shop openings, new notebooks, the first page of an account book. He is the remover of obstacles
and the patron of writing itself.

The story behind him is a race. His brother Kartikeya set off to circle the whole world. Ganesha simply walked around his parents and said they were his world, and won. Cleverness over speed.

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Kubera Yantra The treasurer

Kubera Yantra

Lakshmi brings it. Kubera keeps it.

Indian stories give wealth two characters: Lakshmi, who brings it, and Kubera, who keeps it. He is the treasurer of the gods and the guardian of the north.

He ruled the golden city of Lanka until his half-brother Ravana threw him out and took his flying chariot. So he built a new city, Alaka, near Kailash. "Kubera's treasure" is still how Indians describe a fortune.

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Mahalakshmi Yantra Prosperity

Mahalakshmi Yantra

Prosperity arrives after the hard part.

In the churning of the ocean, gods and demons spend a thousand years pulling a serpent around a mountain. The ocean first gives up poison, then fourteen
treasures. Lakshmi comes last.

The moral is one every Indian business family knows: prosperity arrives late, after the hard part. Every Diwali, shops open fresh account books with her name on the first page.

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Saraswati Yantra Learning

Saraswati Yantra

The river that became an idea.

Her earliest appearance is as a river in the Rig Veda, one of the oldest texts in the world. Over the centuries she became the figure of speech, music and
learning.

Today she shows up at Vasant Panchami, when children dressed in yellow write their first letters, and in Bengal, where Saraswati Puja is as much a school festival as anything else. Books and instruments are laid out in her honour.

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WHY BAMBOO

A grass that grew up to keep time.

Natural

No two dials match.

We treat the bamboo and leave the grain as it falls, so your dial looks like nobody else's.

Light

You forget it's there.

Bamboo weighs a fraction of metal, so a 36 mm case sits easy on any wrist, all day.

Alive

It changes with you.

The tone deepens a little with time and light. Your watch slowly becomes yours.

Bored of machine-made watches? Wear one made by hands.

Each case is made by hand. Each dial is cut from bamboo. That is why no two pieces match.

HOW IT'S MADE

From our sketchbook to your wrist.

1

Designed by us

Every yantra and dial layout is drawn in-house.

2

A handmade case

Each bamboo case is made by hand. No moulds, no plastic.

3

A natural dial

Treated bamboo with the yantra etched into it, grain left as it falls.

4

Japanese inside

A Miyota 2035 quartz movement keeps the time.

5

A vegan strap

No animal leather, made with aastha in mind.

6

Sent from India

Packed in India and dispatched from Erode, Tamil Nadu.

WEAR IT RIGHT

Handwash yes. Swim no.

The movement is protected for everyday things like handwashing. Bamboo is natural, so take it off before a bath, a swim or a heavy downpour.

Care guide

12

months warranty against manufacturing defects

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