The svayambhuva type of these are believed to have spontaneously generated themselves at the start of time and are venerated at about seventy locations.
One type of these objects recalls a god who transmuted into a blazing pillar without top or bottom. The svayambhuva type of these are believed to have spontaneously generated themselves at the start of time and are venerated at about seventy locations. It is often surrounded by several murtis, and less commonly with its more literal counterpart, the yoni. For 10 points, name this object commonly seen at temples of Shiva, a stylized representation of the male creative principle that basically looks like a penis.
One type of these objects recalls a god who transmuted into a blazing pillar without top or bottom.
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