Idol Worship is a form of associating sanctity with elememts of the world , like in algebra representing untangibles with symbols to make worship and concentration channelised ...
its part of a metaphysical thought process to acknowledge the whole creation to be of, by and for God's ...
so next time any swine muslim (that back-stabbing tribal ilk ) tell hindus about our pagan status, tell them that their mullahs and prophet who sanction rape, suicide bombing in the name of 32 virgins, that its beyond them to understand the sanctity and scientific nature of hinduism, let them live in a tribal culture whose holy book says the earth is flat wih kabba at center!! Our vedas and gita have 1000s of years back spoken about the true speed of light, exact astronomical coordinates of milky way and andromeda, ayurveda, vedic maths and so on ... and let them not quote degenerate forms of hindu literature like manu smriti which was written to serve brahman interests ... these are creation of humans, not the word of the True God like Gita which claims you can be a brahman by karma alone !! the manu smriti does not represent our sanatan dharma - Gita does !! but cant say that Quran with its unambiguous quotes (which make muslims uncomfortable, cant help it) extolling commoditising women, exhorting jihad for 32 virgins, the prophet himself ordering the killing of innocent jews and prisoners-of-war has to be a SATANIC CULT !!you cannot deny the truth by repeating a falsehood 5 time