Sealed Bid Auction Minerals/Sculpture: *† An exceptionally large lingam stone 92cm high Lingam stones are symbols of worship, based on the scriptures and cultural traditions among the Hindus, particularly of the Shaivaites and Smartha Brahmins. Stones are ancient and connote divinity and are of smooth cylindrical form. All of the Lingams occur naturally in the Narmada River and are finished off by hand to enhance their egg shape. Shiva means auspiciousness and linga means a sign or a symbol. Hence the Shiva Linga is regarded as a |symbol of the great God of the universe who is all-auspiciousness.|, Legends also say that for Lord Shiva, the Hindu God, the river is especially sacred on account of its origin, and it is often called Shankari i.e., daughter of Shankar (Lord Shiva). All the pebbles rolling on its bed are said to take the shape of his emblem with the saying, |Narmada Ke Kanker utte Sankar| (a popular saying in the Hindi belt of India), which means that ‘pebble stones of Narmada gets a personified form of Shiva’. These lingam shaped stones (cryptocrytalline quartz, called Banalinga also called (Banashivalingas) are much sought after for daily worship by the Hindus. ++Has a metal spike Sealed Bid Auction