{"id":23101,"date":"2026-06-16T22:23:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=23101"},"modified":"2026-06-16T22:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:23:41","slug":"when-does-a-stone-statue-actually-become-a-living-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2026\/06\/16\/when-does-a-stone-statue-actually-become-a-living-god\/","title":{"rendered":"When Does a Stone Statue Actually Become a Living God?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INDIA, December 17, 2025 (YouTube): When does a stone statue actually become a living God?  Most people realize there is a ritual for this, but few understand the &#8220;sacred engineering&#8221; behind it. This video takes you through the entire journey of Prana Pratistha\u2014the ancient science of consecrating a Deity. This transformation doesn&#8217;t begin with the statue; it starts days earlier with the land, the seeds and the priest&#8217;s own consciousness. From the hidden &#8220;womb placement&#8221; beneath the statue to the exact moment the eyes are opened with a golden stylus, discover the profound rituals that turn an object into a Deity recognized by both theology and Indian law. The video explains how much knowledge, precision and dedication go into awakening life in stone. <br><br>View this very well done video at source:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HIBfJXlYi9Y\n\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HIBfJXlYi9Y<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIA, December 17, 2025 (YouTube): When does a stone statue actually become a living God? Most people realize there is,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23116,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23101\/revisions\/23116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}