Banalingam with Stone Yoni Base - CCXVI

Set of premium quality natural rare white Banalingam with stone Yoni base. Banalingam are unique, self-forming (Swayambhu) Shivlingams that are formed and found naturally only in the Narmada River bed in Madhya Pradesh, India. They are considered as one of the best Shivlings to worship. Banalingams are very rare as they resurface from the river bed only once or twice in a decade. The stone Yoni base is also carved from natural Narmada river stone. This pure crystalline white semitransparent lingam is found very rarely when the river swells up due to heavy rains and leaves these stones that are formed deep underwater across its banks. They glow with light when you hold a light source across the other end and show beautiful divine artworks across its surface. Banalingams are quite strong and the hardness is a 7 on the Mohs scale and researchers and geologists confirm that this is due to the impregnation of its rocky river-sides and the rocks in the river bed.  

The Narmada river also called by name Rewa finds reference in Mahabharata and Puranas and is said to have sprung from the body of Lord Shiva. It was created in the form of a lovely damsel who enamored the Gods and hence got the name Narmada meaning ‘delight giving’. Narmada river is also known as Shankari, i.e., daughter of Lord Shankar. There is a popular saying in the Hindu belt that ‘Narmada Ke Kanker utte Sankar’, meaning that all pebbles of Narmada are personified forms of Shankar (Lord Shiva). Further, a mere sighting of the Narmada River is considered equivalent to taking a bath in the Ganges. 

There are three kinds of lingas described in the Brihat Vaivarta Purana which are Svambhu [Self-existing], Banalinga (got from a certain river) and Sailalinga [made of stone]. These are respectively called Vyakta(the one that gives salvation), Avyakta (the one that gives worldly happiness), and VyaktAvyakta (the one that gives both happiness and salvation). This white Banalinga from Narmada falls in all the three categories and hence is revered as the highest form of Shiva linga. It comes with a handmade stone yoni base from a stone found in the Narmada river itself.

Dimension of Banalingam:
Height: 2.6 inches
Centre Diameter: 1.3 inches
Weight: 113 gms

Dimension of Stone Yoni Base:
Height: 2.7 inches
Length of Yoni Base: 5.1 inches
Width of Yoni Base: 3.6 inches
Weight: 796 gms

Total Height of Set: 4.4 inches
Total Weight of Set: 909 gms