Do change the God according to your desires ?

I have been brought up to believe in God and always start the day with morning prayers. Starting with a sloka to Lord Ganapa, Lord Venkateshwara, and then the Gurus – Raghavendra/Sai Baba, then on to Hanuman and finally ending with the Navagraha Stothra.

This I have accepted blindly and these slokas come to me without any break, so much so that if I forget any sloka, I have to start from the beginning to remember it. (Just like kids, who start the tables from the beginning, if they forget the middle one)

Be that as it may, as I grew older, the desires, obstacles and crisis in my life changed. It may be passing with good marks or getting though the competitive exams or getting a job, or getting a good life partner and so on and so forth.

But as and when the desires and obstacles changed, the advice from elders was to pray to a particular God to over come it. Like if it is good job or marks – pray to Lord Ganapa/ Goddess Saraswathi, then if it is a good spouse – perform vrath to a Goddess, no children – pray to Bala Krishna/Nagappa and the list continued. And the advice was with the firm order no to forget to pay obeisance to our Kula Devatha.

I would like to ask ILites, whether they also change the prayer and the God according to their desires. Is it necessary that, just like you go to a different Doctor according to your ailment, the prayer and the God also should be changed.

Is it that different God/Avatar have different powers and boons that they can grant. And what if, out of ignorance you pray to a different God, does that mean your prayers will not be answered. These doubts will form especially when after praying and doing all the poojas and vraths, the particular desire is not fulfilled.

Can you please share your experience and thoughts with me.

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Do change the God according to your desires ?