Is Adigalar Amma a proponent of Idol worship?
Adigalar Amma is a proponent of just Love and Selfless Service to everyone with true and strong Bhakti (Faith). Everything else is irrelevant. He says, “You have reached the height of spiritual consciousness, only when you attain the state of praying to your own Self. Amma is in you. You are only praying to a stone when you perform Idol worship. But you are answered only due to your Faith and Belief that there is God in that stone. So it is the purity and strength of your Belief and Faith that ultimately matters. Not the form in which you pray.” . Then why have Idol worship at Melmaruvathur? Why is there a statue of Mother Adhiparasakthi in this temple? Amma answered that too. “When trying to save a person being pulled by the strong current of a flood, it is prudent to go aligned with the flow of flooding water reach the person and swim along with current, but towards the shore. Trying to go against the current will be futile. The Idol worship is so deep rooted in the people of India.
