The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s4.32
The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s4.32
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To this day small shrines are set up by the herdsmen in the Kumaon hills, Western Himālaya (near Binsar, for instance) as Śiva temples and also by the Malayarayans in Travancore. They are put together like a dolmen and house an upright stone, the Liṅga. ("Castes and Tribes of South India", vol. IV. p. 388-389). From the Himālayas to Cape Comorin the Liṅga within the dolmen shrine constitutes the aboriginal temple to this day. Cf. note 53.