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The Linga Worship

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The lady shows her respect to fully erect "Linga"
 Wooden Carvings
Genitatila Worship
The Earliest Linga
The earliest "Linga" found in Mohenjodaro remains which dates to 3000 B.C. It has a great resemble to human penis and different parts could be identified.

Sahasralinga (Thousand Lingas)
River of Lingas near Sirsi

Granite Ishwar Linga

Genitalia as Art
A Tantric painting depcits the Lingam and its cosmic radiance.

Ruins of a Ishwara Linga
Chotedongar, Madhya Pradesh

Wood Carving
Carving shows a snake sheltering a Linga. Barsur, Madhya Pradesh
Cave Temples of Elloa
The Linga and Its Cosmic Power
Sculpture form Kailas temple in Ellora shows faces of Lord Shiva radiating from a Linga.

Devotees Flanking a Lingam
 Linga Worship
  

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