Taittiriya upanishad with aikyamatya suktam homa.

All these personalities should be in their proper places facing the Deity of the Lord (abhimukhAn)ДЄccording to ЕљrД«la () JД«va () GosvДЃmД«, the GanМЈeЕ›a () and DurgДЃ () mentioned in this verse are not the same personalities present within the material world rather, they are eternal associates of the Lord in VaikunМЈtМЈha (). With offerings such as proksМЈanМЈa () one should worship DurgДЃ (), VinДЃyaka (), VyДЃsa (), VisМЈvaksena (), the spiritual masters and the various demigods. SB 11.27.28 (): One should worship the Lord's associates Nanda () and Sunanda (), GarudМЈa (), PracanМЈdМЈa () and CanМЈdМЈa (), MahДЃbala () and Bala (), and Kumuda () and KumudeksМЈanМЈa. SB 11.27.27 (): One should worship, in order, the Lord's SudarЕ›ana () disc, His PДЃГ±cajanya () conchshell, His club, sword, bow, arrows and plow, His musМЈala () weapon, His Kaustubha () gem, His flower garland and the ЕљrД«vatsa () curl of hair on His chest. Some do have other deities like Lord Shiva etc but due to some specific reasons mentioned in the Sthala Purana. One should clarify SriVaishnava practices not from these US temples but from our 80 or so South Indian Divya Desas only. The upcoming Sri Venkateshwara Lotus temple in Virginia is also solely dedicated Vishnu temple. Even then Pittsburg temple doesn't deviate much from the tradition, with Lord Ganesha installed in a separate sannadhi downstairs. Pomona Sri Ranganatha temple is amazing in the sense that it has managed to acheive a solely dedicated Lord Vishnu temple but with great struggle and efforts, I hear. For me personally I don't like temples where all deities are in the same temple but most Hindus actually prefer that. Therefore we have temples having different deities to attract the crowd. In USA, we don't have many Hindus required to generate the revenue for maintanence of a temple. I noticed that even in Pittsburg Sri Venkateswara temple, there is a sanctum for Sri Ganesha. Gaudiyas like Iskcon do not care about worshpping other deities but don't consider it as being counter productive either. But definetely Lord Ganesh is not in the list. One has to respect the 'soul' hierarchy and report to Him through their next highest only like Indra, Rudra, Brahma. One thing I would like to add about Madhva Sampradaya is that even though Sriman Narayana is the highest for them, as far as my understanding goes if one worships Him directly then it is considered arrogance. There's nothing wrong in being a Shaiva or a Vaishnava but half baked knowledge is the problem.Д«ut my ishta-devata is Sri Rama and I do not even worship other forms of Sri Vishnu (except for celebrating appropriate festivals) There is a lot of misinformation floating around. I do find it strange that why Vaishnavas should worship Shaiva deity, when Shaivas do not celebrate any Vaishnava festival. The last time I was at his temple, I bowed down to him and said that I don't think I will return - that was indeed my last. I was a former devotee of Lord Ganesha myself.

Sincere one pointed devotion cannot be hatred. Many including iyengars would remark at this as begin intolerant of other deities but that is just sheer nonsense.

To worship a deity other than Sriman Narayana or consuming prasad in their temples where they are worshipped as being a Jagat Karana (original cause) or Moksha Pradana is actually considered a downfall. As SriVaishnavas we do worship other deities but only in Vedic Yagnas, Sandya Vandanam etc and not outside of this. We don't see any pramANA for this in the shAstrAs.ДЄlso I can't speak for other Vaishnavas but with what I have observed I am sure that none of their Acharyas like Madhvacharya, Sri Chaitanya etc require them to worship Lord Ganesha first.

Many Hindus subscribe to a popular belief that Lord Ganesha is the remover of all obstacles is to be prayed to before starting any task. I was once told by an iyengar that her family tradition is to visit Lord Vaideeswaran (Shiva) temple when a child becomes an year old. You may, however, find quite a few iyengars that are Sri Vaishnavas by birth only and not by heart worshipping Lord Ganesha, Navagrahas, Sai etc due to family/society influence. Statements from Bhagavad Gita is pointed out where Sri Krishna denounces worship of other gods and say that they get their powers only from Him and so there is no need to go anywhere else. The instruction is Ananya shEshatvam to Lord Vishnu only or absolute dedication without deviating even in dreams. None who is serious in pursuit of moksha through SriVaishnavam is supposed to worship a deity other than Lord Narayana, as instructed clearly and unanimously by the Alwars and Acharyas.

Taittiriya upanishad with aikyamatya suktam homa.