Q. Is it advisable to keep brass idols at home?

Answer

Absolutely! Home worship with a brass idol may bring a little bit of the divine into your life. Any size or type of Vishnu, Shiva, or Goddess idol made of brass, bronze, or marble stone is permitted. However, it should be used just for aesthetics. Idols of any God used in worship should be larger than our thumbs, at the very least. Our earliest writings made that claim. Larger than life-size statues of deities can only be shown in temples, and only then only after extensive rites based on Vedic literature have been performed.