IS IDOL WORSHIP REALLY NOT SUPPORTED BY THE VEDAS?

This subject is highly related to the psychology & the numerous number of our Deities in the Sanathana Dharma ! I would most welcome if more Gods coming up with more idol forms ; in our villages , if a dheerga sumangali expires she becomes a God to them there & she has power too ; I can very well explain this in detail if this discussion needs it ! The more Gods & idols are the strongest points of our Sanathan Dharma & the only one God or God's rep is the weakness of others ! This is is a proven fact !

This has become a serious question in the minds of Sanaatanis as a result of some misconceptions about our holy Vedas, spread by some miscreants like Zakir Naik and others on the net.
The answer is NO. THERE IS NO MENTION OF IDOL-PROHIBITION IN THE VEDAS OR ANY OTHER SANAATAN SCRIPTURES.
Of course, the scriptures say that idol worship is practiced by people with less spiritual intelligence, but they do not prohibit idol worship. In fact the Vedas represent the many aspect of God in different forms. In the same way the Vedas say that there is one and only supreme Purusha of whom are all Gods nothing but manifestations (refer Purusha sookta of RigVeda).
So, what's the conclusion of all this ? It's as simple as given below...
Man is to become divine by REALISING the divine
Idols or temples or books are only the supports, the helps, of his spiritual childhood: but on and on he must progress. He must not stop anywhere. "External worship, material worship," say the
scriptures, "is the lowest stage; struggling to rise high, mental prayer is the next stage, but the highest stage is when the Lord has been REALISED."
Mark, ...the same earnest man who is kneeling before the idol tells you, "Him the Mitra(Sun) cannot express, nor the Soma(moon), nor the stars, Indra(the lightning) cannot express Him, nor what we speak of as Agni(fire); through Him they shine." But the same man does not abuse any one's idol or call its worship sin. He recognizes in it a necessary stage of life. "The child is father of the man." Would it be right for an old man to say
that childhood is a sin or youth a sin? Ask Zakir Naik and company... who always want to try refute baselessly, the Hindu practice of idol-worship, with just one sentence from Yajurveda, "Na Tasya pratimaa asti", which actually means, "There is nothing as substitute/equal to That (Brahman)".. Zakir misinterprits this as "There is no image of God." Don't get fooled by such low intelligent fools. Be a Sanaatana Sanaatani... an eternal follower of eternal Dharma.

Harih Om Tat Sat and Share the TRUTH. Jai Sia Ram