Sathya Sai Madhuvaneswara Lingam : Source and substance

The lingam to be used for Maharudra Yajnam and for further worship at Madhuvanam has been chiselled at Trayambakeswar in Maharashtra State, India where one of the 12 jyotirlingams in India is installed. An Ekadasa rudra japa (eleven times chanting of Rudra Prasna of Yajurveda) was conducted before the chistelling of the linga for Madhuvanam.

A view of Thrayambakeswar Temple, Maharashtra

The size of the linga is calculated according to the ancient text "Tantra Samuchayam" (Silpa Bhagam). The total length of the linga is equal to the diameter in the centre of the linga.The linga is ideally in parabolic shape. The length and diameter at the centre (nabhi) is eighteen inches. Out of this seven inches have gone submerssed in the peetha.This measurement makes the Satya Sai Madhuvaneswara linga unique since the visible part above the peetha (pedestal) is eleven inches representing the eleven (ekadasa) rudras.

While the linga is made of marble stone, the base is made out of NAPUMSAKA SILA , form of granite which is neither male nor female as per the Tantra Samuchaya tenets. The peetha (base holding the linga) was made from granite at Mayiladi village near Sucheendram Temple in Kanyakumari district Tamilnadu. The diameter shall be three times of the centre diameter of the linga. There are proportions for each carved cornices and bends in the peetha.They are Kumudam, Padi, Vala etc. All such measurements are determined by the factors such as the purpose of the idol, expanse of the space where linga is being installed, and the people who worhip it, etc etc.

Views of the peetham supporting Sathya Sai Madhuvanseswara lingam

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