Om Hand Carving Shankh in Brass

Very rare small Om Hand Carving Shankh made of brass metal. It has the image of auspicious OM and Swastik symbol with banana tree. It uses in spritual bath & sprinkling gangajal ,abhishek too deties to offering in pujas.The shankha is a sacred emblem of the Hindu preserver god Ganesha. The shankha is praised in Hindu scriptures as a giver of fame, longevity and prosperity, the cleanser of sin and the abode of Lakshmi, who is the goddessof wealth and consort of Vishnu. The shankha is displayed in Hindu art in association with Vishnu. As a symbol of water, it is associated with female fertility and serpents (Nagas).

Design: Made in heavy shining brass.
Dimensions: 2.25 inches (L) x 1.25 inches (W)
Weight: 80 grams

Over the centuries, the shankha was adopted as one of the divine symbols of Hinduism. Vishnu holding the conch represents him as the god of sound.Brahma Vaivarta Purana declares that shankha is the residence of both Lakshmi and Vishnu,bathing by the waters led through a shankha is considered as like bathing with all holy waters at once. Sankha Sadma Purana declares that bathing an image of Vishnu with cow milk is as virtuous as performing a million yajnas (fire sacrifices), and bathing Vishnu with Ganges river water frees one from the cycle of births.It further says "while the mere sight of the conch (shankha) dispels all sins as the Sun dispels the fog,why talk of its worship?" Padma Purana asserts the same effect of bathing Vishnu by Ganges water and milkand further adds doing so avoids evil,pouring water from a shankha on one's own head before a Vishnu image is equivalent to bathing in the pious Ganges river.The sound of the shankha symbolises the sacred Om sound.

In Buddhism, the conch shell has been incorporated as one of the eight auspicious symbols, also called Ashtamangala..