Idols at home

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Dear Kannan ji,

 

I have already dealt with this question in one old posting.Please

peruse it.

 

Bronze idols can be kept at home.

 

Idols must be angula pramaanam they say(three inches roughly of

height) else they have to be doen abhisheka regualarly.However if an

acharya has given for a specific purpose and has not told anything

then one can have it.

 

In temples the idols must be hastha pramanam they say as per agama

shastra(but this too is flexible and at divine command).

 

One can have idols near puja lamp.

 

whatever be the size or position one should take care of the idols

properly. They should be cleaned regularly and done abhisheka daily.

Then an intimate connection with the idol and the devotee's

consciousness is formed.This saguna form of worship will slowly be

transformed into nirguna and niraakara form. Idols are thus helpful.

 

Bronze,Panchaloha,Silver,copper,gold are all allowed but bronze will

give least benefits.Gold is 'Shrestha'(best and most beneficial)

next comes silver and then bronze(not copper).Panchaloha is used for

many purposes of which 'Abhivridhhu'(Spiritual progress is one).

 

One can try dipping a white cloth in rose water and drying it and

then drying it in sunshine.Once it is dry dip it in ghee and then

light the same before an idol of Goddess Lakshmi atleast every

Thursday(Lakshmi Vaaram) in the evening.One who lights thus daily

will grow very rich.Just a small tip. But a golden idol will yield

the fastest result.

 

Hope this helps....

 

Shreeram Balijepalli

 

P.S. Iam sorry I do not keep much track of my messages which I have

posted earlier except the important ones.I will get orgnaised soon

as Iam busy this week very terribly!So it is upto you as of now to

search the needle of your answer in the haystack of messages!, if

this reply is not enough.

 

That thread of posting was rather elaborate.It also contains an

answer to the query what type of Palaka(palaga in Malayalam..hope I

got it right this time!) or platform and mandapa should be used and

I had broached on the use of Jackfruit tree wood.

 

 

Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru , " kankan_73 "

<kankan_73> wrote:

>

> Dear Shreeramji,

>

> One of my friends have asked a question on whether it is okay to

keep

> bronze idols of Gods and Goddesses at home. He has 5-6 idols in

his

> house placed near the Pooja Lamp (which he lit daily morning and

> evening). He has idols of Devi Saraswati, Lord Rama and family,

Lord

> Shiva & Family, Krishna, Sun God, etc.etc.

>

> Kindly tell me whether it is right or wrong to place the idols in

home

> near puja lamp.

>

> Regards,

> Kannan

>