The landmark ritual for any shikharbaddha mandir is the prána pratishthá, the sacred ceremony in which the murtis are consecrated and the Deity is invoked into the images. Hindu scriptures specify that only “one in whose every organ Paramátma resides fully, that pure Mahapurush is eligible to perform prãna pratishthã, because it is only he who can invoke the Paramatma within his heart into the murti.”Panchrãtra, Vaihãyasi Samhitã (9/82-84,90) Accordingly, spiritual gurus or senior sadhus often perform the pratishthá rituals to inaugurate shikharbaddha mandirs.
