Chinmaya Mission does not worship or enforce worship of any particular deity. The various images of Gods and Goddess’ in Chinmaya Mission’s temples and shrines, all over India and the world verify this. Individuals are free to choose their ‘Ishta Devata’ (personal deity). Importance is given to establishing a personal relationship with one’s Ishta Devata. It is easier to meditate on a form of the Supreme, and when as Swami Chinmayananda points out, “the wandering mind is thus brought to rest upon the idol, the intellect springs forth to contemplate and realise the ideal that the idol represents.”