Bronze Shiva Mukhalinga From Karnataka - Ca 1950 Reverse Glass Painting It dates from the late

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Bronze Shiva Mukhalinga From Karnataka - Ca 1950 Reverse Glass Painting It dates from the lateThis old bronze head of Shiva is a mukhalinga, literally translating to 'lingam with a face'. This one dates to the 1950's. Lingams are phallic eggs and the non representational form of Shiva, one of the three most prominent gods of Hinduism. Shiva is The Destroyer who demolishes in order for the world to be created anew. Originally mukhalingas were carved stone lingam, however in the 18th century, they came to be covers for lingam stones, believed to