Temple Gods are not Vedic Gods because the Vedic God is Atman the Spirit. The temples and temple Gods and temple worship have nothing to do with Santana Dharma or Vedic Religion.
The religion of the Veda knows no idols. All the idol worship belongs to Hinduism. Hinduism is not ancient Santana Dharma or Vedic Religion.
Max Müller says:~"The religion of the Veda knows no idols; the worship of idols in India is a secondary formation, a degradation of the more primitive worship of ideal Gods."
Therefore, there was no individual God or temples and worship in the Vedic religion, which existed prior to Buddhism. Thus the individualized Gods and temples must have been built later on when the worship of the idol was introduced. Thus the Vedic religion which existed in the past was free from idol and nature worship and idol worshiping rituals.
Thus, the present day’s worship of individual Gods, created things, nature, and humans is against Vedic teachings, and it looks like it has been fabricated and introduced by priestcraft. Since it, has passed on from one generation to the next it is hard for people to believe the truth of their own religion, because they are sentimentally and emotionally involved in it and they refuse to accept anything else other than their inherited beliefs.
It is impossible to find and realize the truth via religion and scriptural study. Even Upanishads confirm this.
Theism is in the traditional sense; it is the belief in at least one God. Monotheism is defined as the belief in only one God and polytheism is defined as the belief in many Gods.
Some organized religions follow monotheism where God is supreme and none except him. These God-centric faiths follow a particular code of conduct that the ‘believer’ has to follow without questioning. He cannot question those rules, the life of the Sage, or the ultimate God. The individualized Gods God is isolated from nature and everything is GOD’s. Thus, an element of attachment to a name and gender, obstruction to free thinking and free will can be seen in all belief systems.
History speaks that in the past those who questioned the validity of this religious authority were exiled, killed, or termed as irreligious and condemned.
Theism, in this specific sense, conceives of God as personal, present, and active in the governance and organization of the universe.
The religious sects like Dvait and Visishita Advaita including the orthodox Advaita have nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman because they worship idols, human worship, and symbol worship and indulge in non-Vedic rituals barred by Vedas.
Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)
Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~, God is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions. Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas
That is what Yajurveda says: Not to worship the things which are part of the creation, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya.
Translation 1.
They enter darkness, those who worship natural things (for example air, water, sun, moon, animals, fire, stone, etc).
They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means created things, for example, table, chair, idol, etc.) (Yajurved 40:9)
Translation 2.
"Deep into the shade of blinding gloom fall asambhuti's worshippers. They sink to darkness deeper yet who on sambhuti are intent." (Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph T. H. Giffith pg 538)
Translation 3.
"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time." (Yajur Veda 40:9.)
So, Yajur Veda indicates that:-
They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means created things, for example, table, chair, idol, etc (Yajurved 40:9)
Those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, and bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time." (Yajur Veda 40:9.)
ISH Upanishads:~ By worshipping Gods and Goddesses you will go after death to the world of Gods and Goddesses. But will that help you? The time you spend there is wasted because if you were not there you could have spent that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is your goal. In the world of Gods and Goddesses, you cannot do that, and thus you go deeper and deeper into darkness.
It clearly indicates that if the human goal is to acquire Self-Knowledge then why indulge in rituals and Bhakti to the conceptual Gods, Goddesses, and Gurus to go into deeper darkness. Instead spend that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is one’s prime goal.
Fortunate is the man who does not lose himself in the labyrinths of paths and practices but goes straight in search of the truth. .... Bhakti is an important component of many branches of Hinduism, defined differently by various sects and schools are non-Vedic introduced several centuries back. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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