| Fifty thousand devotees praying to the lingam and weeping passionately with hands clasped around their necks were massacred in cold blood. |
| Noticing this, the husband found a lingam, into which the rishi had been transformed. |
| This lingam diminishes gradually as the moon wanes and increases as the moon grows. |
| When he did not return, Sita quickly made a lingam and Ram installed it. |
| In the shrine of Lord Chandramouleeswarar, the tutelary deity of the Marathas, the priests intone the mantras as the lingam is bathed in milk, sandalwood paste and water. |
| His phallus, or lingam, enshrined in most Hindu temples, is worshipped and revered by the world's 300 million followers of the Hindu religion. |
