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What is a lingam?

What is a lingam? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The penis or phallus, especially when worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva.
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He noted that wherever there was room for one more lingam, a lingam was there.
The altar's focal point on Sivaratri is the lingam, Lord Siva represented as a simple rounded stone.
At the feast for Shiva, for example, villagers prepare a huge, steamed rice cake made in the shape of a lingam and stuffed with cheese, molasses, and coconut.
His phallus, or lingam, enshrined in most Hindu temples, is worshipped and revered by the world's 300 million followers of the Hindu religion.
Fifty thousand devotees praying to the lingam and weeping passionately with hands clasped around their necks were massacred in cold blood.
When he did not return, Sita quickly made a lingam and Ram installed it.

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