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General information.

God, who is not discernible to the outward senses, is given embodiment and consecrated in places of worship by people. These figures are called Vigrahas (idols or images). People worship 艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补, (a kind of ammonite found in the river 骋补峁囜笉补办墨), 叠腻峁嘺濒颈峁単补 (Phallus), mystical diagrams, animals, birds, trees, rivers, lakes, places of death etc. and so many other things.

The different kinds of Vigrahas.

Vigrahas are of three groups. They are:鈥�(1) Mysterious (2) Evident-mysterious (3) Evident. 艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补, Phallus etc. belong to the group mysterious. The 惭耻办丑补濒颈峁単补, considered to be the image of 罢谤颈尘奴谤迟颈 (叠谤补丑尘腻, 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, 艢颈惫补) in the Elephanta cave, belongs to the group Evident. The image of Phallus is Evident-mysterious. In the first, there is no form or figure. In the second there are parts of the figure. The image which shows the entire figure is Evident.

Some gods and goddesses possess two appearances, peaceful and fierce. Those who wish to succeed in performing cruel deeds and to vanquish enemies, worship fierce gods whereas those who wish for peace, worship peaceful Gods. 痴颈艣惫补谤奴辫补, (assuming all shapes), 狈补谤补蝉颈峁僪补 (the man-lion), Va峁璦patra艣膩y墨 (as lying on banyan-leaf) and 笔补谤补艣耻谤腻尘补 are fierce forms of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻. Destroying 碍腻尘补 (cupid) Gaja and Tripura are fierce forms of 艢颈惫补 worshipped by some people. Generally temples with images in this form are erected outside the village or city.

Owing to the differences, in the making and the materials used, the images are divided into three groups. They are portraits, Half-portraits and corrupted portraits. The whole of the figure will be made in (portraits) citras. In half-citras only the front view will be completed. Corrupted Citras are images done on the wall or rock.

Main images.

Main images are mostly 艢aivite or Vai峁ａ箛avite. There will be one or two other images. Worship of 顿别惫墨 (Goddess) is one of them. The 艢aivites will worship 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 also after 艢颈惫补 and the Vai峁ａ箛avites 惭补丑腻濒补办峁�m墨 also after 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 In South India the worshippers are 艢aivites and Vai峁ａ箛avites.

艢补颈惫颈迟别蝉.

In India a large number of people worship 艢颈惫补. There is not much difference in the mode of worship of these various people. There are worships which are in accordance with the Vedas and which are not. Forms of worship which are 厂腻迟迟惫颈办补 (of goodness) and which are not, could be seen. The 艢补颈惫补 worship called Para艣upada is very ancient. The phallus at Gu岣峣malla is considered to be as old as B.C. 2nd century. From this it could be inferred how old, the 艢aivite worship is in India.

The 艢aivite images.

Of the emblems denoting 艢颈惫补, the most important is the Phallus, which is of two kinds, movable and immovable. Risen by itself and or erected and set firm and consecrated inside temples are immovable; that which is made of earth, metal, jewel, wood or stone, is movable. There are Phalluses made for the time being. They are fixed on platforms or pedestals. They are of different sizes and shapes. The Phallus is made of male stone and the pedestal of female stone.

The portions of 艢颈惫补.

There are various kinds of images meant to reveal various attributes of 艢颈惫补. 尝颈峁単辞诲产丑补惫补 (originated from Phallus), 颁补苍诲谤补艣别办丑补谤补, Raudra, Um膩sa峁僪ita (with Um膩) etc. are some of them. K膩m膩ntaka (killing 碍腻尘补 or Cupid), Gaj膩ri (enemy of Gaja), K膩l膩ri (Enemy of Yama) and Tripurad膩haka (burning Tripura) are figures of extermination. 艢颈惫补 has the figures of blessing 颁补峁囜笉别艣补, 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, 狈补苍诲墨艣惫补谤补, 痴颈驳丑苍别艣补 and Arjuna also. There are a large number of images in various dancing poses.

There are four other figures of 顿补办峁�i峁嚹乵奴谤迟颈, such as the explanation, knowledge, yoga (or meditation, contemplation and other ways of union with the Universal Soul) and V墨峁嚹乨hara (carrying a lute). A few other forms are Bhik峁Ｄ佱弓aka (begging alms), Kap膩ladh膩r墨 (wearing skulls), 骋补峁単腻诲丑补谤补 (bearing the Ga峁単es), 础谤诲丑补苍腻谤墨艣惫补谤补 (God half of whom is a woman), V峁涐梗abhav膩hana (seated on a bull), Vi峁�abhak峁�aka (eating poison) etc. The figures of 厂补诲腻艣颈惫补, 惭补丑别艣补, Ek膩da艣arudras (eleven Rudras), 痴颈诲测别艣惫补谤补 and 惭奴谤迟测补峁ａ弓补办补 are seen occasionally here and there. There are scriptures describing these figures.

The Devas (gods) connected with 艢颈惫补.

Among the gods connected with 艢颈惫补, first place is given to 骋补峁嘺辫补迟颈. Worship of 骋补峁嘺辫补迟颈 was in vogue from 6th or 7th century B.C. Perhaps the images that we see today were made after this period.

In South India temples dedicated to 骋补峁嘺辫补迟颈 are not scarce. The position of 骋补峁嘺辫补迟颈 is at the entrance of villages and fortresses, at the foot of banyan trees, at the entrance of temples and at the south-west corner of 艢aivite temples.

There are images of 骋补峁嘺辫补迟颈 in the postures of standing and dancing. Main images are those with the trunk turned to the right and to the left. The trunk is turned to the right in some and to the left in others.

厂耻产谤补丑尘补峁噛补.

厂耻产谤补丑尘补峁噛补 is worshipped only in South India. 厂耻产谤补丑尘补峁噛补 is known by various names such as 碍耻尘腻谤补, Muruka, 碍腻谤迟迟颈办别测补, Skanda, 膧rumukha, Guha, and so on. Temples dedicated to 厂耻产谤补丑尘补峁噛补 are seen in plenty in Tamil Nadu. They are all situated on the tops of hills.

There is sufficient proof in the poetic works of the 厂补峁単丑补 period, to the fact that 厂耻产谤补丑尘补峁噛补-worship was prevalent in South India. On excavation at the place N膩g膩rjunako峁囜笉a in the District of Guntur, images of 厂耻产谤补丑尘补峁噛补 were found under the earth. They were as old as 3rd century B.C.

Images of 厂耻产谤补丑尘补峁噛补 are seen in various postures and shapes such as sitting, with six faces, with one face, with two hands, with four hands, sometimes with wife, in the state of having finished investiture with the Brahma-string etc. There are figures sitting on the peacock also.

Other images.

Images of 艢补办迟颈, 尝补办峁�m墨, Earth-goddess, 厂补谤补蝉惫补迟墨, Saptam膩t峁泂 (Seven Mothers), 闯测别峁ａ弓丑腻, 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, the ten incarnations, the planets such as the sun etc. the deities of the weapon like the thunderbolt, 艢补办迟颈 (lance), 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补, 颁补峁囜笉别艣惫补谤补, 艢腻蝉迟腻, 碍峁�e迟谤补辫腻濒补, 叠谤补丑尘腻, Guardians of the zones, A艣vin墨devas, half gods, etc. are also dedicated and worshipped in temples.