GJPaw Auctions is pleased to offer a wonderful Tantric Lingam, from the Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. The lingam is a representation of the Hindu deity Shiva used for worship in temples. Authentic Tantric lingams are found in only one place on earth, the bottom of the Narmada River in Western India in one of the seven holy places of India called Onkar Mandhata. Once a year the river recedes and the lingams are plucked from the riverbank where they are roughly shaped and tumbled by the river, and then finished by local artisans. Although the lingam looks like stone it is actually composed of a quartz crystal called Chalcedony with iron oxide inclusions.  To “Tantrics,” learned sages who are adept in both physical and spiritual matters, lingams represent the union of male and female energy, for Tantrics believe that enlightenment occurs through the union of opposite energies. To Tantrics, the body of the lingam represents male energy (which is knowledge) while the inclusions represent female energy (which is wisdom). This quite beautiful example measures 5 inches in diameter by 9 inches in height (12.7 cm by 22.8 cm). It is in very good condition. Lingams are now becoming rare because of the controversial Narmada Project to build dams. It is guaranteed authentic and would make a superb addition to any lingam collection, Buddhist or Hindu art in general.

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