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Kerala Is Now Home To The Tallest Shiva Lingam In India Standing At A Record 111 Feet
Monday, January 14, 2019 IST
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Kerala Is Now Home To The Tallest Shiva Lingam In India Standing At A Record 111 Feet

Shiva Lingam, the structure which stands for truth, dignity, energy and the extent of infinity is worshipped not only in India but across the world. 
 

 
 

After Kotilingeshwara temple with a Shiva lingam at 108 feet height, comes the structure in Maheswaram Sri Sivaparvathi Temple at Chenkal in Thiruvananthapuram. Standing at 111.2-feet, it has become the tallest Shiva lingam in the country.
 
Reports state that a team led by Neyyatinkara tehsildar Mohankumar measured the height of the structure. After verification of related documents, the record will be soon etched in the India Book of Records. 
 
According to The Times of India, the event at the temple was attended by Nemom MLA O Rajagopal, BJP leader P P Mukundan, temple protection committee district secretary Shaju Venugopal, among others. 
 

The Shiva Lingam has been under construction for the past six years. The structure has eight floors all of which six represent chakras or energy centres of the human body such as Muladhara, Swadishtana, Manipura, Anaha, Vishuddha and Ajna.
 
Water and sand from various spiritual places were added during the making of this magnificent structure, 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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