Beliefs

Pandit Daya Krishen  Kaul Naseem was one of the best urdu poets of Kashmiri origin, whose famaily had shifted from Kasmir and settled in Lucknow very long ago.when he was in his teens he developed taste for urdu shayri and his father advised him to take lessons of urdu shayri from some Muslim ustad. The ustad in order to check his apptitude in poetry told Naseem to complete his couplet which started like this.. Sheikh ne masjid banakar mismaar butkhana kiya
Daya Krishen completed the couplet like this.. Sheikh ne masjid banakar mismaar butkhana kiya, pahle to surat bee thi ab saaf veerana kiya
( earlier there were images also but now it wears a deserted look
There is a common view that Hindus are idol worshipers or But parasts which is not actually true.It is no where written in hindu sciptures that a person can attain spritual heights by worshing idols.Moreover, goals of sprituality achieved by most of hindu saints were not because of Idol worshipping.This reminds me of swami Vivekananda who once saw a child offering flowers and water to Shiva linga became very happy but when he saw an old man doing the same he was annoyed.when asked the reasons for his reaction on these episodes , he replied a child is a begginer in this field.He will not understand Nirakar form of God.Therefore we have to show him a model of God and I became happy.But I was annoyed to see the old man also doing the same, when he should have gone beyond this and understood the ultimate truth.This story leaves no scope for beleiving that Hindus are  actually Idol worshipers. But some persons who redicule hindus for this also believe in holy relics and holy stones