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Geoffrey Marchal
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published on 14 November 2017

Caturmulhalinga by Geoffrey Marchal on Sketchfab

A Shiva linga (Caturmulhalinga) , Bihar, North-Eastern India, 4th-10th century CE. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap pro from AutoDesk.

The phallus (linga) with the four (catur) faces (mukha) is a symbol of the god Shiva.

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Marchal, G. (2017, November 14). Shiva Linga. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/187/shiva-linga/

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