AMARNATH
The Waxing and Waning Sivalinga of Amarnath

On the auspicious Sravana Purnima day, the party after purging of their impurities sticking on to body, mind and soul in the river Amaravathi also called Amaraganga enters the cave to greet its eyes with the holy snow image of Siva lingo. This sacred cave is about 171 feet high and NO feet broad. The walls arc moist and appear to have been made, of gypsum. The ceiling is leaky except for a small area. There are two holes in the northern wall from which snow white water drops trickel down and form into ice as soon as they fall. Of the two, one hole is slightly bigger and right below it is the huge Sivalinga measuring about 3 yards in height formed by the snow water dripping from the roof. To the right of Iinga, there is another formation of Snow lingo and it is called the image of Parvathi, and to the left is Ganesh's image formed likewise. The devout pilgrims offer obeisance to the snow images with all due fervour. Several types of prayer services and rituals are performed with the aid of priests.

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