World's Largest Shivling: 210-Ton Idol Consecrated on Auspicious Day in Bihar

• The world's largest Sahasra Shivling, weighing 210 tons and 33 feet tall, will be installed in Bihar's Virat Ramayan Mandir.
• Consecration on January 17 (Magha Krishna Chaturdashi), chosen as Lord Shiva is believed to have first manifested as a Shivling on this day.
• Carved from a single black granite stone from Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, the idol took over 10 years to complete.
• Installation will be supervised by Pandit Bhavanath Jha, involving Vedic rituals, a grand Yajna, and scholars of all four Vedas.
• This historic event will feature the installation of a thousand forms of Lord Shiva on an Ashtakamal Yantra, promising welfare for devotees.

Why It Matters: Historic installation of the world's largest Sahasra Shivling in Bihar marks a significant spiritual milestone.