A common modern question. Vedanta answers: You are not worshipping stone. You are worshipping the Reality it reveals. Just as a flag is not cloth but nation-symbol… The Linga is not rock but Brahman-symbol. The devotee sees through form into formlessness. Shiva Stuthi: The Formless Lord Many Shiva hymns repeat: Shiva is beyond name and form. Yet devotees sing. Why? Because devotion is the bridge. The formless is realized through love.