Panchayatana puja

Panchayatana puja

Panchayatana puja (IAST "IAST|Pañcāyatana pūja") is the system of worship in the Smarta sampradaya of Hinduism. It is said to have been introduced by Adi Shankara, the 8th century CE Hindu philosopher. It consists of the worship of five deities: Shiva, Vishnu, Devi, Surya and Ganesha. Depending on the tradition followed by Smarta households, one of these deities is kept in the center and the other four surround it. Worship is offered to all the deities.The ritual involves the worship of five Deities: Vishnu, Siva, Surya, Ganesha and Shakti. The five are represented by small murtis, or by five kinds of stones, or by five marks drawn on the floor.http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/lexicon/] One is placed in the center as the devotee's preferred God, Ishta Devata, and the other four in a square around it.

martas

Philosophically, all are seen by Smartas as equal reflections of the one Saguna Brahman, i.e., a personal God with form, rather than as distinct beings.

This arrangement is also represented in Smarta temples, with one in a central sanctum, and the others installed in smaller shrines.

Udasi

The Udasi sect follows the Panchayatana traditions. These followers were excommunicated by Sikh tradition, and turned to Hinduism. Now they worship : Shiva, Vishnu, the Sun, goddess Durga, and Ganesh.

Footnotes

ee also

*Adi Shankara
*Shanmata
*Ishta deva

External links

* [http://www.mudgala.com/articles/panchayatana.html Shiva Panchayatana Puja]
* [http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/articles/panchayatana_puja.htm PanchAyatana Puja]
* [http://www.adolphus.nl/sadhus/shiva.html Dolf Hartsuiker: Shaivas, the followers of Shiva "Naga babas, Gorakhnathis, Udasin, Aghoris" ]


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