Phallic (or Phallus) worship is a notable aspect of Hinduism and is primarily associated with the god Shiva, who pretty much looks like the Na’vis (the indigenous humanoid species of Pandora) from James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ film.

Lingam worship, also known as ‘Linga Puja’, is a significant practice in Hinduism, particularly within the context of Shaivism, a major tradition focused on the worship of Lord Shiva.

Lingam worship involves the veneration of the lingam as a sacred emblem of Shiva’s energy. Devotees offer various offerings such as flowers, fruits, water, milk, and incense to the lingam as an expression of their devotion and to seek blessings from Shiva.

The Hindu Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who openly supports Quburi Sufis in India against the ‘Wahhabis,’ has been seen in the past offering prayers to Hindu phallic (penis-shaped) idols. In December 2023, he conducted a religious visit to a Hindu slum where he visited a disturbed, naked ‘holy’ Hindu saint and prostrated towards his phallus (penis).

Many Hindu temples across India, especially those dedicated to Shiva, feature a central sanctum where the main deity’s lingam is enshrined. Hindus offer various rituals, including pouring water and milk over the lingam, adorning it with flowers, and performing prayers and chants.

Today is Shivaratri, a Hindu holiday in India which is celebrated as the wedding day of Shiva and his wife Parvati. For every Hindu temple, this is the day of the biggest Shiva worship of the year. Many of you will already know that Shiva is worshipped in the form of Shivling or Shiva Lingam, a penis-shaped statue.Today I would like to present you the story written in Hindu scriptures which is behind this worship.

This story is mentioned in different scriptures and, as usual, with some variations. I will give you two of them, so that you get an idea:

Shiva’s first wife had died and in his incredible sadness, he was roaming around restlessly, wandering alone in a forest, naked and like a madman.

In that forest, there lived many rishis – which are holy men with special powers called siddhis. They had wives, too, and while Shiva was wandering around like that, these women saw him. They could not hold onto themselves when they watched him walking by naked, his divine body in full display. They ran after him, admired him and finally started touching and hugging him.

As luck would have it, just in that time, their husbands, the rishis, came by as well. Seeing their wives in close embrace with Shiva, they got very angry, accusing him of immorality. They combined their powers and cursed Shiva, no, cursed his penis, saying it should be cut off and fall down at the spot!

There is another version in which they pick up stones and throw them at him, which with their sharp edges cut off his penis, so that it falls down.

No matter how exactly it happened, the penis fell down to earth and where it fell, it stood erected and started burning like wildfire.Wherever it went – my wife asked how it ‘went’ but I cannot exactly tell you – it caused inferno and chaos. Bad things started happening in the world, as if the earth’s last day had arrived. Mountains burst, fire was spilling everywhere and people were in panic. Had the world come to its end?

All demigods and rishis went to Brahma, the creator of the world. He got to know what had happened and, together with everyone, reached Shiva. Everyone started pleading with him and praying: ‘Please, take your penis back, it is destroying the world!’

Shiva was appeased by all these prayers and agreed, but with one condition: ‘Only if you start worshipping my penis, will I take it back!’

And that is how Shiva Lingams were installed across the earth in temples everywhere and the worship of Shiva’s penis started.

There are some of you who think that this is a joke? No, it is not – and you may also enjoy the following variation:

In this version of the story, Shiva was already married to his second wife Parvati. He was nevertheless running around in the forest naked – not out of grief, just because he felt like it – and encountered the rishi’s wives. They could not withstand the power of his attraction and hugged him. Their husbands were not amused and cursed his penis, which promptly fell down, causing chaos and apocalyptic conditions all over the world.

Everyone got together in crisis to find a solution. Who could catch Shiva’s penis and hold on to it? Where should it go once captured? Oh yes, once the saving idea was found, it was very clear: only Parvati would be able to hold Shiva’s penis, in her vagina!

They all prayed to Parvati and that’s how it was done: from that time on, Shiva Lingam was worshipped, erect and fixed in the vagina.

Commentary: Wow, what a deeply ‘spiritual’ religion…

You’d be correct in assuming that the followers of this phallic cult would have some nasty ideas – that is, besides worshiping the Shivling. Ramakrishna (1836-1886), one of the most influential Hindu gurus of modern times, didn’t miss his chance to emulate Shiva.

Doniger writes on p. 197:

The nineteenth-century sage Ramakrishna used to worship his own male organ because, he said, it reminded him of the Shiva-lingam; he had learned this ‘jivantalingapuja,’ or worship of the living lingam, from his guru. As related by Mahendranath Gupta, Ramakrishna described what he called his madness: ‘When I experienced that divine madness, I used to worship my own sex-organ as the Siva-phallus.’

‘Divine madness’ driving one to worship his own genitals?! Quite a religion.

Ramakrishna is hailed as a revered figure in the realm of ‘Hindu spirituality’. Lavish statues of him have been crafted and prominently placed within their temples, which reveals a lot about this cult.

Hindu Vagina Worship

Synopsis of why Hindus worship idols of female private parts: Sati got into a dispute with her father, who excluded Shiva (the principal male deity in Hinduism) from a yagna (sacrificial ritual).

Feeling hurt and humiliated, Sati immolates herself in the sacrificial fire. This act of self-sacrifice is seen as both a demonstration of her devotion to Shiva and a protest against her father’s actions.

Learning of her death, the Hindu god Shiva was consumed by anger. He placed Sati’s lifeless body on his shoulders and performed the tandava – the dance of destruction. In an effort to pacify him, Vishnu used his chakra to sever the body, resulting in parts falling at 108 different locations, which later became known as Shakti Peeths. It is believed that Sati’s womb descended at the Kamakhya temple, thus imbuing it with great significance. Ever since, Hindus worship all private parts of the female body.

In Hinduism, the embodiment of life itself is distinctly feminine. The Hindu goddess Shakti represents the divine and cosmic energy from which all of us are created. Certain texts, like the Kama Sutra, refer to the vagina or the ‘yoni’ as a ‘sacred area, an occult religion worthy of reverence, and a symbol of the cosmic mysteries.

Lajja Gauri is a lotus-headed Hindu Goddess associated with abundance, fertility, and sexuality, sometimes euphemistically described as Lajja (‘modesty’). She is occasionally depicted in a birthing posture but without outward signs of pregnancy.

Devi, the Great Mother Goddess of Hinduism, takes the form of Lajja Gauri and is also known by various names like Aditi, Adya Shakti; Renuka, the wife of sage Jamadagni, who is revered for fertility as Matangi and Yallamma (the mother of all), Kotari, Kotavi (a nude folk goddess), KottaMahika, Kotmai, and many others. She is the most ancient Goddess form in the religious complex known today as Hinduism.

Yoni, sometimes referred to as pindika, is a Sanskrit term that has been interpreted to literally mean the womb and the female organs of generation. It also signifies the female sexual organs such as ‘vagina’, ‘vulva’, and ‘uterus’, or alternately, the ‘origin’, ‘abode’, or ‘source’ of anything in different contexts.

Hindus believe that Shakti is responsible for both creation and the catalyst for all change. Shakti encompasses cosmic existence as well as liberation, with its most significant form being the Kundalini Shakti, a mysterious psychospiritual force. Within Shaktism, Shakti is worshipped as the Supreme Being. Shakti embodies the active feminine energy of Shiva and is synonymously identified with Tripura Sundari or Parvati.

Textbook polytheism and paganism par excellence!

“Muslims destroyed Hindu Idols”

Is it at all surprising then, that Islam’s noble and heroic conquerors, repulsed by these phallic cults, destroyed the Shivling wherever they found it? One famous historical example is documented regarding Mahmud of Ghazni, who in 1026, attacked the much-prized Somnath temple which contained a gigantic Shivling outside its proverbial wealth.

Now Hindus want to do the reverse by destroying historic mosques and installing a Shivling in their place.

Muslims want to build houses of worship and remembrance for Allah, while Hindus want to replace these mosques with… phalluses!

And this isn’t restricted to mosques, as they think that the Taj Mahal also has a Shivling. It isn’t only confined to India either – Hindu nationalists are notorious for claiming that there’s a Shivling in the Ka’bah. This ridiculous claim has of course been thoroughly debunked.

In fact, they see a Shivling in any sort of ‘vertical’ architectural feature (such as pillars), so of course they’ll see a Shivling wherever they look, considering all major constructions have some sort of verticality.

Islam is superior

Today over a billion Hindus worship Shiva’s Linga (‘sacred’ penis), incorporating it into their daily lives.

In fact, penis worship is still prevalent in Thailand, Japan, Bhutan, and South Korea. Each country has a different notion attached to the tradition of penis (and vagina) worship.

In Thailand young men wear a penis made of wood around their neck because they believe that it will protect them against evil spirits.

The Thais believe that evil spirits would kill young boys and so their mothers started making wooden penises that they believed could ward off the evil spirits.

In another part of the country, a shrine named Chao Mae Tuptim is made of dildos and other sex toys to please the female god of fertility.

In Taiwan, a 13th-century lover’s shrine is made in the shape of a penis and people go there to pray for their loved ones.

Japanese celebrate the Kanamara Matsuri or ‘Festival of Steel Phallus’. People storm the streets in large numbers and can be found buying penis memorabilia. The festival encourages fertility and marital bliss.

Islam emerged to safeguard humanity from moral decline, degeneracy, and abhorrent polytheism, guiding us toward the exclusive worship of the one God (Allah).