Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Olive and bronze, scuffed with pale scratches and a red cap on top.

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. Egg-shaped body with a flat-ish top and a black ring beneath. The upper surface wears a dark red cap with a sharp lower edge, while the olive-bronze body shows diagonal scratch marks and small white nicks. It is 15 inches high and 8.25 in diameter.

Rugged on the surface and quite content with it.