Is venerated as the symbol of the phallus of Lord Shiva...

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It appears that a naturally created ice stalagmite structure in the Kashmiri mountain range which is venerated as the symbol of the phallus of Lord Shiva has completely melted away creating a conundrum for thousands of pilgrims from the Hindu religion who make pilgrimages to the site. The shrine which has been worshipped for well over two hundred years by Hindus is felt to be a revered symbol of the manhood of the Lord Shiva and many Hindus make the pilgrimage to the shrine to cure themselves of erectile dysfunction or any other sexual problems that they may have. At its best the stalagmite was 12 feet high but in recent years had shrunk to only 5 feet and now has completely disappeared.

A geologist from the University of Kashmir noted that one of the reasons that it had melted was that hundreds of thousands of people who made a visit to this shrine would give off body heat that had made the temperature in the surrounding area rise. Also apparently richer pilgrims have been flying themselves to the shrine in helicopters and generators have been set up in the surrounding area that flood the shrine with light all of which contributed to the rise in temperature and thus the melting of the phallic symbol.

The shrine is likely however to remain popular for the Hindu pilgrims and it is estimated that around 400,000 of them will continue to walk the 10 miles from the nearest town to the shrine every year which is located at almost 14,000 feet above sea level.