“Hinduism offers you infinity choice ... timeless and causeless” phallic object called a lingam, meant to represent Shiva in his transcendent state. The performance of rituals to a phallus ...

The Shiva Purana elaborates on this by ... presenting an authentic understanding of its role in Hindu thought. The cylindrical form of the lingam is seen as a conduit of spiritual energy.

In Hindu temples, devotees perform pradakshina (circumambulation) around the Shiva Lingam as an act of devotion—similar to ...

In Hindu lore, Shiva is often depicted smoking cannabis ... Devotees from all parts of South Asia poured milk, honey and water over the lingam — an abstract representation of the deity phallic ...

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This event is believed to have occurred on Maha Shivratri, and devotees worship the Shiva Lingam to honor this divine revelation. According to another legend from Hindu mythology, during the great ...

a Shiva lingam dated to the fourteenth or fifteenth century was unearthed during a construction project near southern India’s Srisailam Temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and his ...

They stay awake at night, meditating and chanting mantras, and visit temples and perform abhishek (bathing the Shiva Lingam with a mixture of milk, honey, yogurt, ghee, and sugar to purify the soul.) ...

He then uses a steel stamp to mark them with a symbol of the Hindu god they prefer — from Lord Shiva, the powerful Hindu god of destruction, to Ram, one of Hinduism's most revered gods.