Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Chocolate top, splashed with red-brown paint as if the pot tipped over.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. The word Tantric is Sanskrit for to expand, and Tantra is described as a form of religious practice combining ritual, art, science and philosophy, overlaid on Hinduism and Buddhism. Upright oval with a dark maroon cap and deep brown body. Irregular red-brown bands and patches cut across the middle, with thin pale lines streaking through them. The surface is glossy, and the base is darker and plainer. It is 10.5 inches high and 5.5 in diameter.

Messy in the middle, composed at either end.