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How to arrange Idols (Deities) in Home temple?

How to arrange Idols (Deities) in Home temple?

How to arrange Idols (Deities) in Home temple?

A divine temple at home is the basic requirement forย Pray (Puja). The correct way of arranging the Idols in Home temple isย to derive maximum spiritual benefit of the God Principle.

  1. Conical arrangement of Idols in Home temple

ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  We have to arrange all the Idols in a conical shape. In front of the devotee performing theย Puja at the center, place Lord Ganesh. To the right of the devotee place the female Deities beginning with the family Deity followed by sub-forms of superior Deities and then other female Deities. To the left of the devotee place the male Deities in the same sequence as right side.

  • The seven superior Deities and their sub-forms
  1. Lord Ganesha
  2. Shree Ram
  3. Hanuman โ€“ Panchamukhi ( Five Headed), Maruti (Manifest Kriyashakti), Dasmaruti (Iccha Shakti), Veermaruti (Unmanifest Kriya Shakti)
  4. Mahesh (Shiva) โ€“ Vetal (Kriya Shakti)
  5. Devi (Shakti) โ€“ Nine forms of Durgadevi
  6. Dutta
  7. Shree Krishna โ€“ Balkrushna (Iccha Shakti), Balram (Kriya Shakti)

Conical arrangement of Deities

1.2 Sequence of Arrangement of Superior Deities

The Superior Deities โ€“ Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, which represent Creation, Sustenance and Dissolution respectively. The preference should be in accordance with their association with waves of will, action and knowledge respectively.

  1. Characteristics and Importance of the Conical Arrangement

In a conical arrangement of Deities, the tip represents theย Shaktiย that is active by manifesting inย sagunย form followed byย nirgunย forms ofย Shantiย (Peace) andย Anand (Joy). Lord Ganesha, followed by the sub-forms of superior Deities and then the superior Deities themselves respectively represent the journey of an individualย from theย sagunย to theย nirgunย state. Gradual widening of the cone denotes the wider coverage ofย nirgun.

Lord Ganesha is placed at the centre of Home Temple. He comprehends the human language (sound), hence he is the Deity who can be pleased first. Lord Ganesha is a Deity who transforms the language of sound to language of light and vice-versa. Other Deities mostly understand only the language of light. Besides, Lord Ganesha is also associated with waves of desire thatโ€™s why, he conveys the desires of the devotee to hisย Kuladevย (Family male Deity) orย Kuladeviย (Family female Deity) who then rush to devotees help.

Theย Kuladevย orย Kuladeviย also plead before superior Deities for fulfilment of their devoteeโ€™s desires, as a result of which, their Principle is activated and functions for the individualโ€™s benefit.โ€™

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Some practical suggestions

3.1 What if there are less Deities to be kept in the Home temple?

For example, if there are sub-forms of Deities and none of the superior Deities, then in the conical arrangement should the photos of superior Deities be placed at all?

โ€˜There is no need to place new photos. Place the oneโ€™s you have as per the arrangement. Lord Ganesha, Kuladeviย andย Kuladevย are sufficient, because this helps the individual awakenย bhavย faster than for other Deities. This rule is applicable toย pujaย and it is associated to a large extent with theย sagunย form of Deities. In spiritual practice involving worship ofย sagunย form, going from many to one, that is, going towards non-duality is more important. Our sojourn shouldย be from Idol worship to the variousย sagunย andย nirgunย Principles of the respective Deities, and from there on to God who, although completely linked with theย nirgun, encompasses all these Principles.

3.2 What if in the Home templeย there are many Deities?

For example, if there are two or more sub-forms of a Deity, should both be retainedย or only one will do?

The inclination of the individual should be towards retaining only one of the two forms. Constant awareness of the fact that we have to move from โ€˜many to oneโ€™ at every step and developing faith in God to match this awareness should be our goal. Only then, can an individual traverse fromย sagunย form to theย nirgunย form of God & enjoy life accordingly.

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