ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA—According to a report in The Times of India, a Shiva lingam dated to the fourteenth or fifteenth century was unearthed during a construction project near southern India’s ...

Chennai, June 26: In Tamil Nadu’s Thiruporur, a Siva lingam made of maragatham (Emerald) from a 400-year-old temple was stolen by unidentified men on Friday night. This Sivalingam was valued at over ...

The controversy over the alleged “man-made” lingam at Amarnath might block the holy mace of Lord Shiva — the essence of the pilgrimage — from reaching the Himalayan cave shrine. Pilgrims will not get ...

World’s largest, world’s tallest, world’s highest, world’s greatest—these epithets have haunted us since grade one GK quizzes. They have been so overwhelming that my knowledge of the world’s ...

New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has unearthed a Shiva Lingam, or representation of the Hindu deity Shiva, dating back to the 9th century during New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey ...

A new 'Shiva Lingam' was ceremoniously reinstalled shortly after the incident. A man was detained for desecrating the century-old 'Shiva Lingam' at the historic Draksharamam temple in Andhra Pradesh ...

The 111-feet tall Shiva lingam at Sri Shiva Parvathy Temple in Chenkal The pathway also features murals and statues. The first floor has 108 Shiva lingams, where the pilgrims can offer ‘abhishekam’.

The worship of Shiva is a pan-Hindu tradition, practised widely across all of India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Some historians believe that the figure of Shiva as we know him today was built up over time, ...