Photos for Altar

Guideline

Śrīla Prabhupāda said that the picture of your spiritual master on your altar should be of his full body, so this is a full body shot. Of course, if there are other pictures you prefer to use, that is fine as long as it is a shot of the entire body.

On your altar, my picture should always be smaller than Śrīla Prabhupāda's picture, and either on the same level or lower level.

If and when you do pūjā in a temple or a preaching center, the temple will designate where you place the picture of your guru (usually a table near the altar). Once you finish the pūjā, the picture must be removed. In other words, in public places in ISKCON (this does not include your home or office), no guru's pictures remain permanently displayed on the altar and/or in other places in the building, (aside from advertising events or personal pictures of yours displayed in private places such as your desk, cabinet, etc.). GBC law prohibits wearing buttons, hats, japa bags or t-shirts of your guru in temples or public places.

The GBC resolutions in this regard are as follows:

“ISKCON Temple Resident Members may keep the photographs of ISKCON dīkṣā- or śikṣā-gurus privately in their ashrama quarters but are not to display them publicly on ISKCON premises. Promoting occasional special preaching events may be an exception. Disciples of ISKCON dīkṣā- and śikṣā-gurus should not wear or publicly display guru t-shirts, posters, bead bag buttons, athletic caps, etc. (other than Śrīla Prabhupāda.).”

“ISKCON devotees shall offer ārati and bhoga to Lord Krsna through both their dīkṣā- or śikṣā-guru and Śrīla Prabhupāda as their pre-eminent śikṣā-guru. A Temple Pūjāri shall keep a smaller picture of his dīkṣāguru on the ārati tray or table instead of on the altar and remove it after the ārati. Subsequent 5 generations of devotees shall continue in the same manner of respecting both their own dīkṣā- or śikṣā- guru and Śrīla Prabhupāda.”

If you have pictures of me elsewhere in your home, car, office, etc. whenever possible please always have a picture of Prabhupāda near it, either the same size or bigger. Let us always remember the foundational position of Śrīla Prabhupāda in ISKCON, and in our lives, and that you and I exist as devotees only because of him.

Guru's photo in altar must be smaller then Srila Prabhupada or Guru Pramapara.
It should never be part of Guru Parampara pic (which includes 5 acharya).
One must obey all the guidelines provided by ISKCON authority in this regard.
Maharaj photo should be smaller than HH Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj ji, ISKCON Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Guru Parampara.
Below are some bad samples, which one should never keep:

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