A five-headed snake forms a canopy over the Lingam. Snakes serve Shiva as his sacred thread, necklace, bracelets, bowstring and are occasionally found on his clothes. 21. Shiva is also worshipped ...

If we look to the Muladhara Chakra the symbol consist of a SHIVA LINGAM, In this symbol a snake winds around the Shiva Lingam three and a half times. The serpent represent the first three levels ...

and later dug up the snake hole, to find a Shiva Linga. Besides the folklore, this temple also finds mention in history, in 950 AD, in the Yadava period and in 1935, during Raja Aditya Varman’s ...

and Hindus worship both Lord Shiva and snakes as an incarnation of Lord Subrahmanya. We were astounded to see the large cobra with its hood fully expanded, coiled around the Lingam - it was truly ...