Gayatri is a female deity as per vedas

*All Dvijas, Shaivas, Vaishnavas are indeed Shaktas - Devi Bhagavatam/Haribhaktivilasa*

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Addressing Gayatri as the 'Mother of Veda'  in this chapter, the Devi Bhagavatam concludes that all Gayatri worshipers are indeed Shaktas:

*सर्वे शाक्ता द्विजाः प्रोक्ता न शैवा न च वैष्णवाः* ।

*आदिशक्तिमुपासन्ते गायत्रीं वेदमातरम्* ॥ ६ ॥

Gayatri is called 'Adi Shakti' in this verse. Similarly the Mahanarayanopanishat of Krishna yajurveda also describes Gayatri as 'Jagatkaarana' (Creatrix of the world).

Also Sri Sanatana Goswami, a Gaudiya Vaishnava, has also said this in his Haribhaktivilasa:

हरिभक्तिविलासः

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ब्राह्मणाः शाक्तिकाः सर्वे न शैवा न च वैष्णवाः ।

यत उपासते देवीं गायत्रीं वेदमातरम् ॥ ३.३१० ॥

या च सन्ध्या जगत्सूतिर्मायातीता हि निष्कला ।

ऐश्वरी केवला शक्तिस्तत्त्वत्रयसमुद्भवा ॥ ३.३११ ॥

These Vaishnavas call Gayatri as Jagatsuti (Source of creation), Mayateeta (That which transcends Maayaa).

So the Vedic consensus is that Gayatri is a female deity.

Om 

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