Before the advent of Adi Shankaracharya, there were more than sixty-eight different ways of worship of the Hindu Gods with corresponding Deities.
Sankaracharya, quoting the Sruthi, The Vedas, streamlined the system of worship into Six, Shanmatha.
They are,
Ganapathyam, Lord Ganesh,
Soumaaram, Lord Surya, Sun.
Saivam,Lord Siva,
Saktham, Goddess Parvati.
Kaumaaram, Lord Subramanya and
Vaishnavam, Lord Vishnu.
He also laid down the rues for Panchayathana Puja, to be performed Daily
YES SIR
PANCHAYATHANA IS THE CORRECT FORM OF A FULL FLEDGED SCINTIFIC MAY OF WORSHIP
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THE FOUR DIETIES ARE TO BE KEPT AS ONE GETS FROM HIS GURU OR HE CAN START HIMSELF
FIVE PLACED ONE BEING IN THE CENTRE
FIRST MANTHRA IS MATHRU DEVO BHAVA MOTHER IS BE GOD
THE UNIVERSAL MOTHER IS ADISHAKTHI RESIDES IN SHREE CHAKRAM SAY IN CENTRE
SECOND ONE PITHRU DEVO BHAVA MAHESWAR OR SWARNA LINGA OR SHIVA FATHER
THIRD IS ACHARYA DEVO BHAVA aCHARYO ACHUTHA MAHAVISHNU JAGADGURUM
FOURTH ONE IS A FREQUENT VISITOR PRAYER TROUBLES VIGNAS REMOVER
EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE FOURTH ONE WE PRAY IT FIRST ATHITHI DEVO BHAVA
LORD GANESHA LET HIM COME AS OUR SUPREME ATHITHI AND PUT AWAY OUR VIGHNAS
WE ARE PRAYING GOD WE CAN NOT UNDERSTAND GOD IN SIMPLE WAY
SO FIFTH THE GURU SAYS ASAVAADITYO BRAHMA MEANS LET SUN SHINING MODEL GOD TO US
THESE FIVE COULD BE POINTED IN ONE LETTER SAY OM ITHYEKAKSHARO BRAHMA
BETTER MIDDLE GOD IS GOD SIDE FOUR ARE IMMEDIATGE ANGELS ASSISTING GOD
DURING WORSHIPPING SHIVALINGA NAGA IS PUT AS PROTECTIVE TO SHIVA LINGA
SOME TIMES SHOOLA MAY ALSO DO
BUT IT IS THE SIXTH ITEM WHICH REPRESENT THE SOUL OF THE WORSHIPPER
THE WORSHIPPER IS THE SIXTH ONE GOD PARAMA AATMA
FULLY JUSTIFIED THE POOJA METHOD ORDERS SOHAM BHAVENA POOJAYETH
MEANS HE IS I DOING THE POOJA
MOTHER IS SHAKTHI FATHER IS SHIVA NATURALLY IAM BHRAHMA IN ADVAITHA
NOT ONLY THAT I AM SUBHRAHMANYA WORSHIPPING MY FAMILY ELDERS THUS OK!!
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