People worship lord Shiva in the Shivalinga form. There are various materials with which Shiva linga is made and worshiped and the results are said to be different. The following are the 32 types of Shivalingas made of different materials.
32 Shiva Lingas
Gandha Lingam
It is made of three ingredients — four parts of sandal paste,
three parts of kumkumam and two parts of musk. Size determines the
quantity and cost to be put in, but the ratio remains constant. If
worship is made to that sandal paste lingam, one gets blessed with
Sivasayujyamukti – merging of his jivatma into the Paramatma. Then
the cycle of birth after death comes to dead end.
Pushpa Lingam
This is made of various kinds of fresh, fragrant, multi-coloured
pleasant flowers. It blesses the adorer with kingship and
acquisition of land.
Gosakru Lingam
It is made of the dung of brown coloured cow. The adorer will be
blessed with wealth, if he worships that lingam.
Bhamsa Lingam
It is made of ash and confers all desirable merits.
Guda Lingam Or Sita Lingam
It is made of jaggery or sugar and confers blissful life when
adored.
Vamsankura Lingam
It is made of the tender leaves of bamboo, and confers a long line
of genealogy.
Pishta Lingam
It is made of rice flour and blesses the adorer with education.
Navanita Lingam
It is made of butter and confers fame and wealth.
Durvakadaja Lingam Or Garika Lingam
It is made of a kind of grass – agrostis linaries and saves the
adorer from untimely or accidental death.
Karpura Lingam
It is made of camphor and bestows emancipation.
Ayaskanta Lingam
It is made of magnet and confers siddhi – super natural powers.
Trapu Lingam
It is made of tagara metal and makes one’s life free from enemies,
if adored.
Ayasa Lingam
It is made of vitroil of sulphate and relieves one from the menace
of enemies.
Seesa Lingam
It is made of lead and makes the adorer invulnerable to foes.
Ashtadhtu Lingam
It is made of minerals and bestows sarvasiddi – all super natural
powers.
Aahtaloha Lingam
It is made of eight metals and cures one of the leprosy.
Vaidurya Lingam
It is made of a precious stone called vaidurya – lapis and
protects one from the enemy’s arrogant prattle
Spatika Lingam
It is made of crystal and bestows fulfilment of all desires.
Padara Lingam
It is made of mercury and bestows inestimable fortune.
Mouktika Lingam
It is made of the ashes obtained by burning pearls and confers
auspiciousness and fortune.
Suvarana Lingam
It is made of gold and confers mukti — deliverance of soul from
body.
Rajita Lingam
It is made of silver and confers fortune.
Pittala Lingam Or Kamsya Lingam
It is made of an alloy of brass and bell metal and confers the
release of soul from body.
Dhadhidhugdha Lingam
It is made of milk and curd, on separating the entire quantity of
water, and blesses the adorer with property and happiness.
Dhanya Lingam
It is made of grain and blesses bumper crops to the adorer.
Phala Lingam
It is made of fruits and blesses the owner of orchards with good
crops of fruits.
Dhatri Lingam
It is made of a kind of acid fruit – phyllanthus Emblica and
bestows liberation.
Valuka Lingam
It is made of fine sand and the worship confers the status of
Vidhyadhara, belonging to one of the denominations of worshipful
angels, besides Sivasayujyaprapti.
Yavagodhumasalij Lingam
It is made of rice, maize and wheat flour, and if adored, it
confers santanaprapti in addition to wealth.
Sitakhanda Lingam
It is made of sugar candy and blesses the adorer with robust
health and disease free easeful life.
Lavana Lingam
It is made of salt mixed with the powder of Hartal and
Trikatukala. It blesses the adorer with Vasikaranasakti — the power
that subdues other with the help of spells and charms.
Tilapista Lingam
It is made with the paste of gingili seeds. The desires of the
adorer are fulfilled, if worshipped.
