Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

A giant oxblood patch sits in a pale frame like a framed portrait.

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 high polish. A large, deep red-brown field with a speckled orange center spreads over the front, bordered by pale beige on all sides. The outline reads as a single continuous curve. It is 10.5 inches high and 6.25 in diameter.

Matted and framed with all due ceremony.