How Idols Get Life? The Science of Prana Prathishta #god #hinduism

How Idols Get Life? The Science of Prana Prathishta #god #hinduism

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Transcript:

(00:00) How does a stone idol become a living god? You have seen so many gods in so many temples. But almost nobody knows what really happens in prana pratishta. Stay till the end. This will give you goosebumps. Before pranapishta, a morti is only a sculpture. Sacred, yes, but still stone or metal.

(00:21) It can be touched, moved, inspected. It has a body but no presence. Days before the pranapishta ritual, the preparation begins. The idol is bathed again and again in water, milk, honey, ghee, herbs. A final cleansing before life arrives. Priest fast remains silent and chant mantras to prepare themselves for the ritual. Then comes a moment temples rarely speak about the eyes.

(00:48) The sculptor leaves them half open. The real opening nro milana happens only on this day. With mantras and a mirror or needle, the priest unveils the eyes and symbolically gives the deity vision. From that moment, nobody says it. They say he, they say she. Now the installation of life begins. Outside the homa burns. Mantras offered into the fire are gathered into sacred kalashas.

(01:16) Inside the sanctum, the priest performs nyasa touching the head, chest, arms, feet placing beta mantras into each part of the morti. Then comes avahana inviting the divine presence to enter. Finally, kalasha water is sprinkled over the idol. In that moment, stone becomes the deity who has taken allayasa. Beneath many mortis lie yantras, metals, herbs, gemstones hidden inside the pedestal.

(01:44) The idol is sealed with ashta bandana, a paste of corn powder, raisins, minerals, herbs. It takes weeks to prepare and years to set when it cracks temple snow. It's time for kumbabish. After pranapatishta, the dity is treated like a living being. Awakened, bath, dressed, fed, offered flowers, incense, lamps, music and put to rest at night.

(02:09) Only priest trained in that temple saggama may touch the morti. If the idol is damaged, you retire the old body and invite the same presence into a new one. So when you stand before a deity, remember there was a day when fire, water, mantra and an entire lineage invited life into that form. And the next time someone says it's just a statue, tell them about pranapishta.

(02:32) Tell them Hinduism has a technology of the sacred, a method to awaken life in stone. Stand tall, share it proudly. This is Hinduism's brilliance.