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title: "Little known facts about Shivalinga"  
description: "A glance at the rounded, elliptical, an-iconic image of Shiva Lingam placed on a circular base (known as Peedam), here's some little known facts"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-07  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1773/little-known-facts-about-shivalinga  
category: "religion"  
tags: ["Shivaling", "Shivalinga", "Shivalinga facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Little known facts about Shivalinga

![Little known facts about Shivalinga](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df57ae7e-7080-4098-94a2-d9ee3c96a42b/images/e69c92ea-8752-4203-b60f-bda65e9637e8.jpeg) ![Little known facts about Shivalinga](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df57ae7e-7080-4098-94a2-d9ee3c96a42b/images/1ae2d915-4186-4875-849a-c7773127ec1a.jpeg) Shivalinga is highly misunderstood A glance at the rounded, elliptical, an-iconic image of Shiva Lingam placed on a circular base ![Little known facts about Shivalinga](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df57ae7e-7080-4098-94a2-d9ee3c96a42b/images/5715582d-a722-44af-84a2-0d982055d16f.jpeg) Shivalinga is not just a Hindu concept Lingam was referred to ‘Prayapas’ by the Romans ![Little known facts about Shivalinga](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df57ae7e-7080-4098-94a2-d9ee3c96a42b/images/09ade247-9e42-4c92-9da4-5099cf52d134.jpeg) Shiva Lingam consists of three parts. The bottom part which is four-sided remains underground, the middle part which is eight-sided ![Little known facts about Shivalinga](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df57ae7e-7080-4098-94a2-d9ee3c96a42b/images/85740426-6779-4c95-baa5-c1665da9294d.jpeg) The Lingam symbolizes both the creative and destructive power of Lord Shiva and great sanctity is attached to it by the devotees. ![Little known facts about Shivalinga](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df57ae7e-7080-4098-94a2-d9ee3c96a42b/images/56989f18-4b1a-4927-9776-afd86b14ccf1.jpeg) Swami Vivekananda described Shiva Lingam as the symbol of the Eternal Brahman, when a German Orientalist, Gusta Oppert traced it to phallicism. ![Little known facts about Shivalinga](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df57ae7e-7080-4098-94a2-d9ee3c96a42b/images/d8ce26b4-c47f-44c3-a3b4-9f583895fb97.jpeg) Shiva Lingam represents the totality of the Cosmos and the Cosmos, in turn, being represented as a Cosmic Egg. ![Little known facts about Shivalinga](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df57ae7e-7080-4098-94a2-d9ee3c96a42b/images/e69c92ea-8752-4203-b60f-bda65e9637e8.jpeg) Linga' in Sankrit means form or mark and it is shaped like an egg and represents the ‘Brahmanda’ or the cosmic egg.

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