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.