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Ravana Abducted Rama’s Mother Kausalya. Valmiki

This might b news to people who may not be aware of the many versions of Ramayana, some of them by Valimiki himself.

It is said that there are Sata Koti, 100 Crore Ramayanas, probably meaning innumerable-I am not confident of stating this, there might be even this number as many!

Valmiki, not being satisfied with The Ramayana we know he had written wrote some more Ramayan where he narrated more incidents from the Ramayana and about the character of Rama.

Types Of Shiva Lingas 100 Skanda Purana

Hinduism believes in the Reality without Attributes(Nirguna)

But human mind can conceive of things only with attributes.

So worship of Reality, God, is expressed in Hinduism.

One worships based on his likes and dispositions.

Shiva Linga is the symbol of this Truth.

In Skanda Puarana one finds the types of Lingas, being worshiped by different beings, including the Element like Earth.

Here is a list of Hundred Linga Types.