The Concept of God in Bharatham ( Sanatana Dharmam or otherwise Hinduism ) - 8. Swami Krishnananda

16/02/2018

Generally, the tradition of worship of Deities in India is according to a sort of protocol which the devotees associate with the importance of the Deities.

For instance, worshippers of a particular Deity, such as Ganesa, Siva, Vishnu, Surya or Skanda, will place their own Deity as the first in importance and every other Deity as secondary.

There is another tradition according to which the order of worship places Ganesa as the first, to be worshipped on any occasion, and then Devi, Siva, Vishnu, Surya and Skanda.

This order may get slightly changed in different circles of religious belief.

But the discourses recorded in this book do not follow any of these patterns but a chronological arrangement according to the festivals that come one after the other, seriatim, during the course of the calendar of the year, that is, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

The functions and festivals repeat themselves every year on specific days or dates.

Thus, the order in which the functions or the Deities of worship are mentioned here follow their calendar-wise chronology.

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