In English
One devotee started worshipping as a picture or a photo. Ever since he started this, he met with several difficulties. He thought that probably worship of does not suit him. He kept that photo in a closed and brought the picture of and started worshipping the picture of . Then his troubles not only did not disappear but they became worse. He was very disappointed and put away the picture of , also, in the closed . He brought the picture of and started worshipping . That day he prayed to in the traditional manner and put up some incense for . He found that the smoke coming from the incense sticks was going into the closed . He felt very upset that the offering he made was going to the pictures of and who never responded to his prayer. In his anger he took a piece of cloth and tied up the mouth and nose in each of the pictures, believing that thereby he would be preventing them from receiving his offerings and the fragrance of his incense. Immediately, the Gods appeared before him and he wondered how and why they did not respond to his prayers but responded spontaneously when he decided to punish them. However, he wanted to clear his doubt by asking the Gods themselves and ventured to enquire why they responded with their grace the moment he decided to tie up their mouths and noses. To this, the gods replied that all his prayers earlier were directed towards lifeless pictures, but the moment he started tying up the mouths with a piece of cloth assuming the gods as filled with life, they appeared before him.