Different linds of Shiv Lingam

1. Daiva-lingas are those installed and worshipped by the gods and other celestial beings, and thus named after them. They continue to exist in the present day and on earth, but their origin is traditionally ascribed to the gods.
2. Asura-lingas are those installed by the class of the wicked titans (known as asuras) but were pious and zealous devotees of Shiva (like Ravana);
3. Arsha-lingas were installed and worshipped by sages of yore (like Agastya).
4. Purana-lingas are those which have been celebrated as installed at the very distinct past by mythical personages.
5. Manusha-lingas are those that have been caused to be made by human patrons (rulers, chieftans, wealthy folk etc) in historical times
6. Svayambhu-lingas are the forms which Shiva assumed to manifest himself.

Egg Shape of Linga

The Lingam is shaped like an egg and represents the ‘Brahmanda’ or the cosmic egg.

There are two types of Shiva Lingam. One is a black meteorite egg-shaped stone.
The other one is man-made and is solidified mercury. Solidifying mercury is an ancient Vedic science. Shiva Lingam represents the totality of the Cosmos and the Cosmos, in turn, being represented as a Cosmic Egg.

Since Lord Shiva is described as having no form, it is ridiculous to maintain that Lingam represents a phallus. This is the reason why Swami Vivekananda described Shiva Lingam as the symbol of the Eternal Brahman, when a German Orientalist, Gusta Oppert traced it to phallicism. Swami Vivekananda cited Atharva Veda that the worship of Shiva Lingam was sung in praise of sacrificial post – a description of the beginningless and endless of the Eternal Brahman and refuted it as an imaginary invention

Parts of shivling

Shiva Lingam Usually consists of three parts.
The bottom part which is four-sided remains underground, the middle part which is eight-sided remains on a pedestal.

The top part, which is actually worshipped, is round.

The height of the round part is one-third of its circumference.
The three parts symbolize :-
Sri. Brahma at the bottom,
Sri. Vishnu in the middle and
Lord Shiva on the top.

The pedestal is provided with a passage for draining away the water that is poured on the top.

Nandhi Dev in Indonesia

Nandi, the sacred bull that carried the Hindu god Shiva,
Archaeologists have found a statue of Nandi Dev, among the ruins of what is believed to be an ancient temple at an excavation site in Yogyakarta in Indonesia.

The head of the excavation team from the Yogyakarta Antiquities and Relics Conservation Agency said, “The statue is exquisite. The sculpture is carved differently from other statues of Nandi. This one is not depicted as fat. Nice information we got from speaking tree. thanks !!

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Flower Yoga

" Flower Yoga "


Don't think this is another new Yoga, Just sharing a small thought on " Padmasana "

Hatha Yoga, a major branch of Yoga, the lotus position, padmasana, is adopted by those striving to reach the highest level of consciousness, which itself is found in the thousand-petaled lotus chakra at the top of the head.

Padmasana, “posturing of the body like a lotus.”

Like the traditional yantra grids around which temples are shaped, the yogis shape their bodies around the model of the open lotus flower, summoning the harmonious forces that will assist in the blossoming of their consciousness. For divine consciousness is the ultimate symbol the lotus stands for.

Lotus blossom not only adorns every contemporary yogi, but it adorns the history of the human race as the crown symbol most frequently and consistently engaged to communicate something divine, something perfect, a harmony that excels human experience. Composed of multiple concentrically arranged petals, represents a synchronized unity, in which many parts join together to function as a whole. From the innate potential within a budding lotus, to the fully opened blossom, the journey is aimed at purely imbibing the three constituents of divine being sat, cit and ananda.

Love - Light - Peace