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oddities galore seemed racing one after another, as it were,
flashing across my mind demanded incorporation. Look at the
extra-ordinary tradition of installing eight lingas - Ashtasambhu
lingas on one and the same panavatta, the central one big in size
and the other satellite lingas smaller Vide No. 40. Another! A
Sivalinga with a braid Vide No.85 and at another place a Sivalinga
installed in a topless doorless temple, but has huge number of
adorers Vide No.82. One more awesome feature of the existence
of 108 temples each with a linga in one and the same campus,
arranged in two concentric circles, the outer one consisting of 66
temples with lingas of two different colours -- black and
white installed alternately in a masterly way, whereas in the inner
circle there are 42 temples enshrining black lingas one each.
To crown all as it were, the Sivalingas are installed and ardently
worshipped with periodical festivals not in Sivaalayas but in Jain
Mandirs Vide No.51. An outstanding marvel that can far surpass
any unique feature of all time apprebation. All these, I felt
merit inclusion, and I did. So the volume grew bulkier. Would
the introduction lag behind?
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