Various Types of Shiva Lingam

Various Types of Shiva Lingam

1. Aahtaloha Lingam It is made of eight metals and cures one of the leprosy. 2. Vaidurya Lingam It is made of a precious stone called vaidurya – lapis and protects one from the enemy’s arrogant prattle 3. Spatika Lingam It is made of crystal and bestows fulfilment of all desires. 4. Padara Lingam It is made of mercury and bestows inestimable fortune. 5. Trapu Lingam It is made of tagara metal and makes one’s life free from enemies, if adored. 6. Ayasa Lingam It is made of vitroil of sulphate and relieves one from the menace of enemies. 7. Seesa Lingam It is made of lead and makes the adorer invulnerable to foes. 8. Ashtadhtu  Lingam It is made of minerals and bestows sarvasiddi – all super natural powers. 9. Navanita Lingam It is made of butter and confers fame and wealth. 10. Durvakadaja Lingam Or Garika  Lingam It is made of a kind of grass – agrostis linaries and saves the adorer from untimely or accidental death. 11. Karpura Lingam It is made of camphor and bestows emancipation. 12. Ayaskanta Lingam It is made of magnet and confers siddhi – super natural powers. 13. Mouktika Lingam It is made of the ashes obtained by burning pearls and confers auspiciousness and fortune. 14. Suvarana Lingam It is made of gold and confers mukti -- deliverance of soul from body. 15. Rajita Lingam It is made of silver and confers fortune. 16. Pittala Lingam Or Kamsya  Lingam It is made of an alloy of brass and bell metal and confers the release of soul from body. 17. Bhamsa Lingam It is made of ash and confers all desirable merits. 18. Guda Lingam Or Sita  Lingam It is made of jaggery or sugar and confers blissful life when adored. 19. Vamsankura Lingam It is made of the tender leaves of bamboo, and confers a long line of genealogy. 20. Pishta Lingam It is made of rice flour and blesses the adorer with education. 21. Dhadhidhugdha Lingam It is made of milk and curd, on separating the entire quantity of water, and blesses the adorer with property and happiness. 22. Dhanya Lingam It is made of grain and blesses bumper crops to the adorer. 23. Phala Lingam It is made of fruits and blesses the owner of orchards with good crops of fruits. 24. Dhatri  Lingam It is made of a kind of acid fruit – phyllanthus Emblica and bestows liberation. 25. Gandha Lingam It is made of three ingredients -- four parts of sandal paste, three parts of kumkumam and two parts of musk. Size determines the quantity and cost to be put in, but the ratio remains constant. If worship is made to that sandal paste lingam, one gets blessed with Sivasayujyamukti - merging of his jivatma into the Paramatma. Then the cycle of birth after death comes to dead end. 26. Pushpa Lingam This is made of various kinds of fresh, fragrant, multi-coloured pleasant flowers. It blesses the adorer with kingship and acquisition of land. 27. Gosakru Lingam It is made of the dung of brown coloured cow. The adorer will be blessed with wealth, if he worships that lingam. 28. Valuka Lingam It is made of fine sand and the worship confers the status of Vidhyadhara, belonging to one of the denominations of worshipful angels, besides Sivasayujyaprapti. 29. Yavagodhumasalij Lingam It is made of rice, maize and wheat flour, and if adored, it confers santanaprapti in addition to wealth. 30. Sitakhanda Lingam It is made of sugar candy and blesses the adorer with robust health and disease free easeful life. 31. Lavana Lingam It is made of salt mixed with the powder of Hartal and Trikatukala. It blesses the adorer with Vasikaranasakti -- the power that subdues other with the help of spells and charms. 32. Tilapista Lingam It is made with the paste of gingili seeds. The desires of the adorer are fulfilled, if worshipped.

Banalinga - Self Manifested Symbol Of Lord Shiva

Banalinga can be described as the smooth and round shaped pebbles that usually found in River Narmada, which symbolizes Lord Shiva. It is also referred as Narmada Shiva Linga. In Hindu culture, Banalinga acts as the most scared and auspicious symbol of Lord Shiva when worshiped on regular basis fulfil desires of its devotees. It has been believed that worshiping just a single Banalinga is very much equivalent to worshiping crore of various other lingas.

Banalinga is considered as a form of Lord Shiva that has been self-manifested, due to this reason it is considered as holiest and anionic symbol of Lord Shiva. The shape of Banalinga is normally of swan’s egg or jambu fruit and has been found in various colors such as honey color  blue, white and emerald-hued. Banalingas in the shape of hen egg or lotus seed are considered as the best quality of this symbol. Any individual can worship this symbol to get the blessings of Lord Shiva. It can also be kept at the place of worship without any normal or regular rituals of the invocation for divine presence as Banalinga already carries the divine energy of Lord Shiva in it. 

Benefits Of Banalinga

Banalinga is the most auspicious and scared divine symbol. Banalinga cannot be found anywhere else other that the scared river Narmada, that is why it is also commonly referred as Narmada Banalinga. It is very much popular across the globe. It has been believed that the natural Banalinga is a self-manifest representation of the Lord Shiva.

Banalinga has various benefits. Many of devotes of lord Shiva says that benefits of worshipping Banalinga is equal to worshipping a crore of any other Shivalinga. It has been believed that just thinking or visualizing Banalinga early in the morning enhances the life of an individual and blesses them with lots of success and prosperity in their life. It has been said by number of devotes that view of Narmada Banalinga washes all curse and sins of an individual.

Banalinga helps in maintaining the balance between the lower and higher self-consciousness of an individual to know the actual inner strength of ourselves. It heals as well as stimulates all chakras of our body to resolve various physical and mental issues. It also helps in stimulating our energy center that brings wellbeing and peace in an individual. Banalinga is considered as a best-scared symbol for meditation as well as maintain peace and harmony in our surrounding.

An individual can carry or wear a small Banalinga along with them to stay protected from negative energies and to gain blessing of the divine power.

Origin and Significance Of Banalinga Stone

About Banalinga:

In Hindu tradition, Banalinga is considered as a most auspicious gemstone that usually founds at the riverbed of Narmada. It has believed by many of the Smarth and Shaivaites Brahmins that it is a “self existence sign of God” as it has been found naturally in smooth cylindrical shape and cannot be carved by men. The Banalinga is getting worship since ages due to such of its attributes.

Significance of Banalinga:

Banalinga is a stone that has been found at the Narmada bed in the form of pebble and the importance of this pebble increases as it has been believed that the river Narmada was sprung from the Lord Shiva’s body itself. It is said that the pebbles at this bed has an emblem of Lord Shiva on it and makes it scared and auspicious. Since the ages of Ramayana and Mahabharata, this an iconic stone is getting worshiped by Hindu people to attract good lucks and fortunes.

Banalinga is also termed as an Avyakta, which brings lots of happiness along with it. You can also bring this auspicious stone at your home to enhance positive energy and happiness and at the same time and keeps negative energy and evil power away from you as well as from your family.