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All as one: the Smarta Panchayatana

The Smarta school worships five deities — Ganesha, Shiva, Shakti, Vishnu and Surya, with Kartikeya added in the south — set in a quincunx around the worshipper's chosen one, as equal forms of the one Brahman; tradition credits Adi Shankara, though the practice is older.

Adi Shankara, Ganesha, Shiva, Parvati

Pan-India