A piece of stone from Arunachala as a Shiva lingam?

[adevotee108]

Hi,

I was at the Arunachala Hill in Tiruvannamalai. Then I brought some pieces of stones that I picked during pradakshina. Now they are here in my home having a special place for them. Is that okay to regard them as Shiva lingam, holy? Or are they mere stones not different from any other that one can pick at other places anywhere in the world?

They are dear to my heart as I know for sure, they are parts of Arunachala, the Holy hill of Shiva.

What are your thoughts about this all?

[Eastern Mind]

Hi,

I was at the Arunachala Hill in Tiruvannamalai. Then I brought some pieces of stones that I picked during pradakshina. Now they are here in my home having a special place for them. Is that okay to regard them as Shiva lingam, holy? Or are they mere stones not different from any other that one can pick at other places anywhere in the world?

They are dear to my heart as I know for sure, they are parts of Arunachala, the Holy hill of Shiva.

What are your thoughts about this all?

Vannakkam adevotee: Personally, I think its fine, especially with a large center such as Arunachala. In smaller places, I think the rocks should be left alone. Here in western Canada, the First nations people's built medicine wheels (circles of stone) around central cairns, on the highest points of land. Estimates put some of them as old as 8000 years or so. The government has made it illegal to take stones from such places, as eventually the cairn would disappear. Such is not the case at Arunachala. There are plenty of rocks. :)

We have a personal collection of sacred rocks from sacred places.

Aum Namasivaya