" Preservation and Dissemination of Folk, Tribal and Neglected Art "

Shiva Mukhalingas

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Shiva worship in the form of mukhalingas (phallic covers) is very ancient. The museum excels in metal mukhalingas from Maharashtra and Karnataka; such a baffling diversity of linga heads, big and small.

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Shiva Head Banaras (Uttar Pradesh) 19th Century Shiva Head (Phallic Cover) Karnataka (South India) 19th Century Shiva Head (Phallic Cover) Karnataka (South India) 19th Century
Shiva Head
Banaras (Uttar Pradesh) 19th Century		 Shiva Head (Phallic Cover)
Karnataka (South India) 19th Century		 Shiva Head (Phallic Cover)
Karnataka (South India) 19th Century
Shiva Mukhalinga (Karnataka) 19th Century Shiva Head (Phallic Cover) Karnataka (South India) 19th Century Shiva Mukhalinga (Maharashtra) 18th Century
Shiva Mukhalinga
(Karnataka) 19th Century		 Shiva Head (Phallic Cover)
Karnataka (South India) 19th Century		 Shiva Mukhalinga
(Maharashtra) 18th Century
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