Mahashivratri is celebrated with devotion across India and the world at temples such as Kashi Vishwanath, Somnath, Mahakaleshwar, Kedarnath, Ramanathaswamy, Lingaraj, and Trimbakeshwar. These temples ...

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 ...

In Cambodia, there is a chaturmukha lingam with Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Buddha carved on the four sides. A famous panchamukha lingam in the Pashupatinath temple in Nepal is six feet high and is ...

Brahma and Vishnu once argued over who was superior. To resolve the dispute, Shiva manifested as an infinite pillar of light (a lingam) and challenged them to find its ends. Vishnu admitted he ...