Arrangment of Deities in the pooja room

It is a must to have a place of worship at home and also to have family Deity's and Lord Ganapathi's idol or photograph. As most of the south indians worship many more Deities in the pooja room, right arrangement of the Deities was always a question at the back of my mind. During my research, I found the below arrangment as most aptful as it had lot of explanation. Although I am not elaborating too much, below is the gist of it.

Lord Ganapathi needs to be placed in the centre with idol or photograph of male Family Deity and other male Deities like Balkrishna, Hanumantha to His right and the female Family Deity and other female Deities, e.g. Annapūrṇā, to His left.

In some pictures the female Deity is depicted along with the male Deity, e.g. Sītārāma, Lakshmīnārāyanạ, etc. Whenever She is depicted to the left of the male Deity She bestows blessings onto devotees along with Her master. The left side symbolises the moon channel (Chandranāḍī) and endows Serenity and Bliss. This is the saviour form of the female Deity. In such photographs the male Deity is considered as the main one and the picture is placed to the right of Shrī Gaṇapati. In some pictures the female Deity is depicted to the right of the male Deity. The right side signifies the sun channel (Suryanāḍi). Thus the Deity is believed to be very powerful. This is the destroyer form of the female Deity.

To conclude, when the female Deity is to the right of the male Deity She possesses more energy and should be considered as the principal Deity. Hence such a picture is placed to the left of Shrī Gaṇapati.

One should keep the picture of the saviour or the destroyer form of the Deity for the ritualistic worship as per one’s wish to undertake spiritual practice of that form.

If a person having a Guru resides alone then he should keep only his Guru’s picture / photograph in the temple. If there are other family members then the Guru’s picture / photograph should be placed to the right of Shrī Gaṇapati and should be followed by the male Family Deity’s photograph.

Photographs or idols of the female Family Deity or other female Deities should be placed to the left of Shrī Gaṇapati.

If you have any other texts that says about the arrangements of the Deity's please share it in this blog. I am not here to say this is perfect, because I am no one to say so. But, I am here to share the knowledge that I acquired during my course of interaction with many learned people.

Thanks to Ibtl.in for providing me with the above information.