One such rock is from Nepal. This sacred stone from river Gandaki in Nepal is called Shaligram and is considered a form of Lord Vishnu. Lord Ram is the seventh avatar of Vishnu.
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LIKE SANKARA AWARD FOR EVR PERIYAR?
IMAGINE Bhagwan Mahaveer Award for promoting vegetarianism is given to a butcher—a Jain by accident of birth who says the Bhagwan is a hoax. By a jury that has no reverence for the Bhagwan. And the apostate butcher proudly accepts the award in the name of the apostle. How humiliated his Jain devotees will be? Apologies to Jains for taking the Bhagwan's name for a fictional analogy. Similarly, devotees of Carnatic music to whom it is not just an art but divine and sacred, have been hurt and humiliated in Tamil Nadu. Here unfolds the sordid story.
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