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From: krish (krish_at_astro.ge.com)
Date: Mon Nov 20 1995 - 10:02:51 PST
It is an interesting narrative. Doe shaligramam mean black stone? I thought it refer to a very special stone fossil, ammonites, with sanil like sea creature embedded as a fossil, quite cole to a shanku( xut ) in resemblance. I had associated this to choosing one of the oldest fossils known to man as symmbolizing creation. Such shaligrams are found in Nepal and Hilalyab valleys of Brahmaputra, as a rsult of the creation of Inida from a piece of Antartica. Othe r such fossils are found in Europe etc. in all shapes. May be some one here may shed more light and correct me. Krish