Sri: Respected Bhagavathas, I have a doubt regarding the idols of acharyas / alwars that are installed in temples. I understand that the shastras say that if an idol of God is installed with the required rituals, the idol is equivalent to the thirumeni of the Lord. Being omnipresent, of course, God is present everywhere at the same time. However, all others, being jivatmas and atomic in nature, are they considered to be present in the installed idols? if not, why are those idols installed? Hope my question is not offensive to anyone. Respects, Vedalakshmi --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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