The largest Linga - Yoni in Southeast Asia at Cat Tien Sanctuary

Linga is the symbol of the male genitals, while Yoni is the symbol of the female genitals. This is the expression of the two positive and negative sides in the universe, showing the creative proliferation and human survival.

During the excavation of Cat Tien shrine, Cat Tien district (Lam Dong), scientists discovered many sets of Linga - Yoni dating from about VIII - X century with different materials, including 2 Linga - Yoni set of stone and quartz is determined to be the largest in Southeast Asia so far.

Cat Tien Sanctuary is the name of the archaeological vestige discovered by scientists in 1985, located in a basin of hundreds of hectares and spread over a length of about 15km along the Dong Nai river system, including many hills and mudflats along the river are surrounded by the last mountains of Truong Son Nam. The whole relic area extends from Quang Ngai commune to Duc Pho commune, Cat Tien district.

Scientists at Cat Tien Sanctuary

Since 1994, Cat Tien Sanctuary has undergone 8 excavations, there were 1140 artifacts of various kinds discovered with various materials such as gold, silver, tin, copper, iron, stone, and stone. precious, baked ceramics . Also in this holy place, scientists discovered many sets of Linga - Yoni, including 2 of the largest Linga - Yoni in South East Asia.

According to the documents of Lam Dong Museum, the main nature of Brahmanism is represented by symbolic beliefs. Wishing for proliferation, flourishing in people, prosperity in production, prosperity of crops, and reproductive organs are specified to talk about fertility aspirations. And the worship of real gas is the most obvious symbol of the traditional belief.

The Linga - Yoni set is the largest in Southeast Asia discovered at Cat Tien Sanctuary

Linga - Yoni discovered at Cat Tien sanctuary is very diverse in terms of style, size like Linga - Yoni stone discovered at A1 mound, is determined to be the largest in Southeast Asia, with Linga's height is 2.1m, next to Yoni is 2.26m. This set of Linga - Yoni has been excavated by scientists and brought to the surface, making the roof to preserve.

In Cat Tien sanctuary, scientists have also discovered a set of Linga with the largest quartz in Southeast Asia up to this time, with a length of 25cm, weighing 3.5kg. This is a special rare, honed, and beautifully carved Linga.

Scientists also discovered a set of copper Linga, 52cm high, 25cm diameter. This linga has a circular shape from top to bottom, this is the largest Linga bronze discovered in Vietnam so far.

Most Linga - Yoni discovered in Cat Tien sanctuary are located in the front of the temples, right at the foot of the altar are vents down to the depths through many layers of bricks, sand and the bottom are many objects like yellow leaves, small stone statues.

Lotus flowers are cast in gold material discovered at Cat Tien Sanctuary

Linga - Yoni in Cat Tien Sanctuary is not only diverse in style, size but also rich in materials. In addition to Linga - Yoni in large size sandstone, archaeologists also discovered many Linga made of ceramics.

These lingas all have a lid, the inside contains small lingas made of other materials. Small sized gold and silver Linga were also discovered at Cat Tien Sanctuary. Crafted gold and silver lingas are sophisticated, small in size, full of 3 distinct parts and found in the pillar.

Ms. Doan Thi Ngo, deputy director of Lam Dong Museum, said that most of the Lingas discovered in Cat Tien sanctuary have 3 parts, the circle is shown for Shiva, the octagonal part is shown to Vishnu. , the bottom square is the symbol for God Brahma. These are the three supreme gods of Brahmanism.