Deodar forests are forests dominated by Cedrus deodara, the deodar cedar. This tree is found naturally in the Western Himalayas from the Gandaki River in central Nepal to the Hindu Kush mountain range
Deodar forest at Bindeshwar Mahadev, India
A lingam, sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. The word lingam is found in the Upanishads and epic literature, w
A lingam with tripundra, projected on a yoni base
A linga-yoni in Nepal carved with four seated Buddhas
a 5th-century Mukha-linga (with face)
a Sahasra-linga (with 1001 carvings).