he, however, opined that idol worship may not be idolatry as such if the devotee can transcend beyond the humanoid idol and treat it only as a symbol of the invisible god. goddess kali worship in general is a form of idolatry but to ramakrishna paramahansa dev, the idol of goddess kali was the symbol of invisible brahman. to krishna devotees, radha-krishna image is the symbol of invisible god in accordance with srimad bhagavad gita.