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Who Is Somaskanda, Manmatha God Of Lust

This Form of Shiva is the One that granted the boon of a Son to Lord Maha Vishnu.

While praying Shiva for a child, Vishnu did not offer due respect to Uma and was cursed to the effect that Vishnu's son, who will be born by the Grace of Shiva will be burnt to ashes by Shiva Himself.

Manmatha was burnt to ashes during Shivas tapas, to be wakened and be made Invisibl at the behest of rati, Manmathas' Wife, before Shiva's Marriage with Uma.

And as Vishnu did not offer due respect to Her because She is a Woman, Vishnu' son will be inciter of Lust towards women.

This son will be invisible without any form.

He is Manmatha, the God Lust.

Philosophically speaking in the exercise of Leela of Creation Sustenance and Destruction, attraction to women, Carnal impulse is essential.

If every one were to practice the Highest Vedanta and be come celibate the natural process of creation will not endure.

So desire is personified , that too by the Greatest Yogi, Shiva by His Grace through the Sustainer Vishnu.

Lust overrides all emotions and practices and is never really destroyed,the Invisible Driving Force.

Shiva Linga Living Tree Kankalitala Shakti Peeta

However in the center there are no permanent structures except the main temple and the water tank – the associated Shiva temple is a couple of hundred meters away, close to the entrance to the temple complex.

The Shivalingam is made of hard black stone & worshipped by the name of Shambhu aka Ruru Bhairav.

The Lingam appears to be buried – it is situated in a pit with the chamber’s marble interiors surrounding it on all sides

The lingam was once complete & protruding from the ground like normal Shivalingams.

It was broken base upwards by a Muslim soldier named Kalapathar (literally "Black stone", perhaps referring to his physical strength or his stone-

heartedness) when Bengal was ruled by the Pathan warlord Sulaiman Khan Karrani.