"What if the divine chose to reveal itself, unasked and unshaped?" That’s the mystery of Svayambhu Shiva Lingas — sacred ...

The Vedic and Puranic Origins of the Lingam The earliest references to the lingam appear in the Vedic texts, particularly in the Atharvaveda and the Shvetashvatara Upanishad. The lingam is often ...

Rajahmundry: Sixty-feet statue of Adiyogi has come up at the premises of Ayyappa Swamy temple in Dwarapudi of Mandapeta mandal, B R Ambedkar Konaseema.

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has urged the public, especially wedding officiates and event organisers, to stop ...

This visit is part of the promotions for his upcoming pan-Indian film Kannappa, which is set to release worldwide on April 25 ...

Devotees offer water, usually Gangajal to the Shiva Linga. Some people also use pure water to bathe the Shiva Linga during the ritual. It is believed that Lord Shiva resides in the Mount Kailash ...

As protesters demolished a museum to the father of Muslim-majority Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina, an image purportedly showing a Hindu relic found at the building surfaced online. The ...

But after sunset, you should avoid consuming any food. For worship, people either go to the nearest temple or if they have a Shiv Linga in their home, they worship it only. It is said that Lord ...

The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the ...

A look at the curved oval iconic representation of Shiva Lingam placed on a globular base which is found in the Sanctum Sanctorum Garbhagraha of all Shiva temples has given rise to diverse explanation ...