A tantric lingam stone, from Onkar Mandhata on the Narmada River in central India. These chalcedony stones are fashioned into a standard shape and must have a red patch on their surface in order to be highly valued. The stone is the male element and the red patch the female element.

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A tantric lingam stone, from Onkar Mandhata on the Narmada River in central India. These chalcedony stones are fashioned into a standard shape and must have a red patch on their surface in order to be highly valued. The stone is the male element and the red patch the female element.

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Keywords: archival, archive, chalcedony, hindu, historical, history, india, lingam, mandhata, mandhata., narmada, onkar, river, stone, tantric