Is a one-faced or three-faced Datta idol worthy of worship

The very mention of the word "Datta" conjures up an image of a three-headed, six-armed idol. Datta is standing, leaning on a cow, with four dogs at his feet. This meditation on Datta (Lord Dattatreya) is quite popular. Therefore, the idea of a single-faced deity is unbearable. However, upon seeing the Shaligram stone at Vipraghat in Pandharpur and the one-faced stone Datta in the premises of the old Vitthal temple in Kolhapur, it is natural to have such doubts.

Furthermore, Vasudevanand Saraswati (Tembe Swami) has described the meditation of one-faced and six-headed Dattatreya. His supreme disciple, Gulvani Maharaj of Pune, was a painting teacher. At that time, he drew some six-faced Dattatreya paintings, exactly as he had done in his meditation. From these, the question of superiority or inferiority arises. In reality, the more a deity resembles a normal human being, the more one feels the same. This further contributes to the confusion about whether Dattatreya is one-faced or three-faced. Originally, Brahma, Vishnu, and the sculptors depicted the three-faced, six-headed Dattatreya in the Dattatreya. From the clear mention of Mahesh incorporating his own elements, many painters and practitioners should understand that when the deity is based on the sentiment, then the question of superiority or inferiority does not arise.