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Panchāyatana Pūjā - Panchadevopāsanā - NEW Page added to Understanding Advaita Website

 

Pranams,

A New Page titled Panchayatan Puja (Panchāyatana Pūjā) is added to the website 'Understanding Advaita Vedanta'. It is added as the last part of Five Five (V) after the Pafe - Adi Sankara preached smArta Dharma.

Please find the link to the page. This page has download link to Google Sheets Downloads page which has relevant files.

Part V, Special Page - Panchayatan Puja - NEW

Link to Download Relevant Files uploaded on Google Drive

The article is published as a book in A4 and A4 bookfold which when exported as PDF makes it A5.

Their PDFs are also created.

The Deva Krama or the positioning of Five Devatā-s is also mentioned with an Image for better understanding.

A short article Titled 'Panchayatana Puja Pramana and Deva Krama - Proof and Deva Positioning only A4' is also created along with PDF for those who only need few topics and a shorter version of 20 A4 pages.

Original Article is published as a Book is 73 A4 pages or 164 A5 pages. Please download PDF file for further details. It is too long to Include as a single page.

Most part is published on the New Page on Understanding Advaita Website.

Some people argue that this worship was created by Ādi Śankarāchārya jī which is not correct. Āchārya only propogated what is mentioned in our śāstra-s. Proof of Panchāyatana Pūjā which is worship of Five Devatā-s is mentioned in Purāṇā-s. Five Devatā-s are Gaṇeśa, Śiva, Śakti, Viṣṇu and Sūrya. 

Please find Introduction here.

Introduction

 

Hari OM,

In Sanātana Dharma, the supreme Brahman manifests in many forms. Though Bhagavāna Krs̤‌ṇa never divided Hindus into Sampradāya-s (sects), it did happen over a period of time. During the time of Ādi Śankara, there were many ways of worship, some which did not align with the Veda-s and in some there were impurities. This led to rigidity and to some extent fanaticism, though it remained in on the intellectual level by raising objections to rival sampradāya-s, yet there were differences among Hindus. Believers or worshipper of Viṣṇu and his Avatāra-s would not worship Śiva or any other forms of Bhagavāna or Īśvara.

On the other hand, there were others who worshipped multiple forms of Bhagavāna and keep shifting from one form of Īśvara to another from time to time. This leads to instability of mind and the devotion does not mature as there is no one-pointedness. This was a completely opposite situation.

In order to remove the impurities in the customs and daily practices, to unite the masses, to keep harmony while maintaining one-pointed devotion and to give the true essence of Vaidika dharma, Ādi Śankara promoted the worship of five main forms of Supreme Brahman. They are Gaṇeśa, Śiva, Śakti, Viṣṇu and Sūrya. This type of worship is known as Panchāyatana Pūjā or Panchadevopāsanā (Pancha Deva Upāsanā).


to continue reading, please visit -

Part V, Special Page - Panchayatan Puja - NEW

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Link to Download Relevant Files uploaded on Google Drive

Hari OM

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