Prathista, means consecration, Rama Rao v. Venkata Ratnam, AIR 1947 PC 88: 230 IC 438: 1947 All LJ 365: 1947 All WR (PC) 25: 1947 Mad LJ 400: (1947) Mad WN 240 (PC).
Consecration or setting up of an image, or a temple a ceremony performed on the completion of a house before it is inhabited; also, purification or re-consecration of an idol, house, or temple that has been polluted, Kapalavayi Kasi Raa Rao v. Kotta Venkataratnam, AIR 1947 PC 88.