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**9mm_fan** · 06-28-2012, 10:58 AM

We had few months back got a gift of Nandi (cow idol) and we kept in our pooja room. Is it ok to have the idol kept at home and workship.

Also, we are planning to perform Sudarshan Homam at home, what is best day to perform?

Rekha

Any statue that is not consecrated as Idol is just a figurine for decoration, and is not bound by any rules. Any statue or other objects consecrated as an Idol has rules. Please check with a priest.

For example all figurines used in 'golu' do not have any rules.

According to wiki:

In Hinduism, a murti (Devanagari: मूर्ति), or murthi, or vigraha or pratima typically refers to an image that expresses a Divine Spirit (murta). Meaning literally "embodiment", a murti is a representation of a divinity, made usually of stone, wood, or metal, which serves as a means through which a divinity may be worshiped. Hindus consider a murti worthy of serving as a focus of divine worship only after the divine is invoked in it for the purpose of offering worship. The depiction of the divinity must reflect the gestures and proportions outlined in religious tradition. It is a means of communication with the god or Brahman in Hinduism.[2] Murti is a Sanskrit term which is meant to point to the transcendent "otherness" of the divine and when substituted with statue or idol - its inherent meaning is lost since neither is a correct translation of the word murti.

06-28-2012, 10:58 AM	#5
9mm_fan Join Date May 2007 Age 53 Posts 5,191 Senior Member	We had few months back got a gift of Nandi (cow idol) and we kept in our pooja room. Is it ok to have the idol kept at home and workship. Also, we are planning to perform Sudarshan Homam at home, what is best day to perform? Rekha Any statue that is not consecrated as Idol is just a figurine for decoration, and is not bound by any rules. Any statue or other objects consecrated as an Idol has rules. Please check with a priest. For example all figurines used in 'golu' do not have any rules. According to wiki: In Hinduism, a murti (Devanagari: मूर्ति), or murthi, or vigraha or pratima typically refers to an image that expresses a Divine Spirit (murta). Meaning literally "embodiment", a murti is a representation of a divinity, made usually of stone, wood, or metal, which serves as a means through which a divinity may be worshiped. Hindus consider a murti worthy of serving as a focus of divine worship only after the divine is invoked in it for the purpose of offering worship. The depiction of the divinity must reflect the gestures and proportions outlined in religious tradition. It is a means of communication with the god or Brahman in Hinduism.[2] Murti is a Sanskrit term which is meant to point to the transcendent "otherness" of the divine and when substituted with statue or idol - its inherent meaning is lost since neither is a correct translation of the word murti.
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