Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Dusky plum-brown and scored with a thousand fine scratches, like a well-worn leather chair.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. Genuine Banalinga are generally described as forming in the currents of one short stretch of the Narmada River in central India, rather than being carved from stone or cast in bronze. Egg-shaped and plump, the surface is a muted brown-purple with a web of delicate pale scratches over the face. One small red mark sits at the upper left, and a few dark lines mark the lower right. It is 7 inches high and 4.5 in diameter.

Every scratch tells a quiet story, none of them urgent.