The Shiva Lingam carries profound philosophical meaning ... Some believe that the lingam symbolizes the source of all creation, akin to the Big Bang. Additionally, the rounded shape of the ...

Lingam is often associated with the primordial matter that sprung forth into the universe (Big Bang Theory). The story narrated in Kurma Purana, Vayu Purana and Shiva Purana talk of the two gods ...

The lingam is often described as a cosmic pillar of light, symbolizing Shiva’s boundless and formless nature ( nirguna brahman ). The Shiva Purana elaborates on this by narrating the tale of ...

Trichy: A one-and-a-half-foot-tall Shiva lingam submerged in a tarn of a hill at Narthamalai in Pudukottai district was retrieved by a group of youth with the help of local people on Friday.

This combination photograph taken in May 2007 shows two images of the Shiva lingam that is melting fast (right) Srinagar: The naturally-formed ice Shiva lingam at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath ...

ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA—According to a report in The Times of India, a Shiva lingam dated to the fourteenth or fifteenth century was unearthed during a construction project near southern India’s ...