Monday, April 29, 2013

Shiva Lingam


A Shiva lingam, on a yoni, at the Keesara Gutta temple in Andhra Pradesh.  It's variously a penis and vagina, plus a host of more ambiguous concepts like "proof" and "source."  Shiva Purana is a text that describes the worship of lingam like this as "originating in the loss and recovery of Shiva's phallus."

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