“Can be done once…” Amish Tripathi on conditions required to perform holy ‘Pran Pratishtha’

Amid chatter of Ayodhya Ram Temple ‘Pran Pratishtha’ being performed in an “incomplete temple” from Opposition, author Amish Tripathi illuminated the conditions required to perform holy ritual. "My understanding is, in ancient times temples would be built over many decades, at the beginning of the construction of the temple itself a ceremony happens to mark out the `Garbha Griha`, the second Puja happens where the idol is placed in the sanctum sanctorium after its construction is complete, and once that is done `Pran Pratishtha` can be done. Consecration is a Western term; it is when you make something divine. In Hinduism, everything is already divine. `Pran Pratishtha` is when a particular type of `Devi` or `Dev` that was there, that force is infused into the idol. At Ayodhya Ram Temple `Pran Pratishtha`, it would be taken into account that Lord Ram is depicted as a child,” said Amish Tripathi.