Panchayatana comes from the Sanskrit pañca 'five' and āyatana 'altar'.

Panchayatana puja, an act of worship (puja) of five deities: Shiva, Vishnu, Devi, Surya and Ganesha Architecture Pancharatna (architecture) is a style of Bengal temple architecture. Panchayatana (temple) is a style of Hindu temple architecture. Geometric Pancharatnam-Berry phase In classical and quantum mechanics, geometric phase is a phase difference acquired over the course of a cycle.

See also Panchayat (disambiguation) Pancharatna (disambiguation)