Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c7.s1.8

c7.s1.8

The liṅga is but a projecting lump of natural rock, and, for that reason, probably, a much more sacred object than the one which was in the upper shrine. A natural rock liṅga, like this, is in the shrine of the celebrated jyotirliṅga temple of Oṅkāra at Māndhāthā on the Narmadā in the Central Provinces.