More about the Linga 
The Linga on its frontal facet a relief figure standing Siva. He has two hands, The right one holds a ram by the hind legs, Head hanging downwards. In the left a globular pot is held and a battle axe (Parasu) rests in the left shoulder.
The linga is fixed with in two stone ring during the earliest phase inside the sanctum which served as arghapitha. The standing form of the god reveals vedic and proto puranic concepts of rudra.
He is shown standing on the shoulders of a crouching dwarf yaksha whose features ate unique. He is seated on the knees body shrunked and light teethed.
The ancient Hindu text of Shivapurana clearly explains that Shiva comes from a planet called Shivalokha, it explains the planet’s position in the universe and describes that the planet is beautiful and shines with different objects.
Was the lingam, really a rocket, or a kind of pod using which Shiva came to earth?
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