Pindi (Hindu iconography)

Pindi are decked stones or tree stumps viewed in Hinduism as abstract manifestations of the mother goddess Shakti. Most of the 20th-century goddess temples in Himachal Pradesh, India, enshrine a pindi.[1]

The three pindis (visible bottom) worshipped at the Vaishno Devi Mandir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

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  1. ^ Madhu Bazaz Wangu (2003), Images of Indian Goddesses, New Delhi, India: Abhinav Publications, p. 158, ISBN 8170174163, 8170174163