Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Burgundy and softly glowing, with a hint of rust drifting across one side.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. Brahmin villages along a short part of the river traditionally gathered lingams from shallow water in the dry season, then shaped and hand-polished them, sometimes for as long as a year. Tall, slightly tapered oval in deep wine red. Faint lighter reddish haze moves across the lower half, and a broad highlight runs down the left. The surface is smooth and satiny, with no sharp markings. It is 11.75 inches high and 6.25 in diameter.

A calm, round-shouldered presence with nothing to prove.