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JAI shri Krishna, im am aware that a lot of discussion gruops have 
had this debate before and it appears to have gone of on tangents at 
times.  

Now my question regards the issue if Anya devtas, here in the west 
there are very few exclusive Vaishanva temples.  My 3 local temples 
are dedicated to Krishna, balaji, and durga.  I rarely do to the 
durga temple but i do go to Balaji and Krishna temles.  Fortuantly 
the Balaji temple follows the Pujas according to Vaishanava agamas 
and  the Pujaris serving Balaji are Vaishnava.  However as these 
temples cater for the needs of the whole hindu comunity living in 
the area both the Krishna and Balaji mandirs have Sanidhis for 
Shiva, Murugan, Durga, surya, ganapathi etc...  

Now i am aware of the That only Bhagavan can grant Moksha, so we 
only offer bhakthi to Divya Dampathi.  Im also aware that Demigod 
worship is for material minded souls.  In my personal Shrine i have 
have a picture Krishna in the center with Hanuman, Sudharsana, 
Ramanuja and Shiva at his sides.. I also stay away from false Gods 
such as Sai baba even though some relatives worship them....

Now what should we do i visit my local temples, and we see the 
shrines of Shiva, Ganesh etc????   Currently i do offer prayers and 
obseinces to the anya devtas, in the knowledge that i should not ask 
material things from them as it is not satvik.  When i vist the 
shrines of other devas i think that they are Bhakthas of Krishna, 
who are guarding his Sanidhi, so i offer them my respects.. Now what 
is your view respected Vaisnavas?????  Also what should we do with 
anudeva utsavams celbrated in our communities???  With most of my 
community i have observed Shivaratri vratam, but have since several 
years dont dont fail to observe the Viashnava Janamashtami, Ram 
Navmi and Hanuman Jayanthi Vratas.  







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