Navadha bhakti - Archanam

what is the meaning of Archanam

• worshipping the deities

• offering bhogas for the deities

• making garlands for lord

• all above

usually what kind of objections come in deity worship

• we should not worship the stone murti

• lord has no form so why give Him any form

• God is everywhere so why limit Him in an idle

• God is spiritual and stone is material so do not worship a stone

how worshipping deity is justified

• deity is installed by vedic mantras so its not murti

• krishna can change HIs energy from material to spiritual

• it is Krishna's desire to worship Him as deity

• all above

what is difference in murti and vigrah

• vigrah is God himself , abhinn

• they are almost same

• vigrah are install with proper mantras

• all above

choose the examples where the deity showed that are present God there

• sakshi Gopal

• lord Jagganath

• Narsimha dev mayapur

• kheer chor Gopinath

shining stars of Archanam ..

• maharaj Prathu

• Vibhishan ji from Ramayan

• Akrur ji

• sita ji