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1 2nd July 07:41
g_khan25
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Default Kooly is a chaparasi changar of lord linga



Kooly do you also worship circumcised linga?

http://khordha.nic.in/lingaraj/lingaraj.htm

LORD LINGARAJA

Bhubaneswar is famous as a Saiva Khetra and Lord Lingaraja is
its principal deity. Lingaraja, otherwise called Kirtivasa,
Kruttivasa, Bhubaneswar and Tri-Bhubaneswar, is believed to
be the most sacred of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India and is
held in high esteem by every pious Hindu. It is a Swayambhu
(self established) Linga. The form in which it is
represented in the sanctuary is that of a huge uncarved block
of granite, about 8 feet (2.4384 metres) in diameter, and
rising eight inches (0.2032 metres) above the level of the
floor. It is half-buried in the centre of the sanctum and is
surrounded by a raised rim of black chlorite ending on the
north-side into a point. This rim is called the Yoni, or the
female emblem. The upper surface of the granite block was
originally unhewn. Although frequent washings for many
centuries have given it a polish, it is even now very uneven
and undulating.

Sebakas of Lingaraja
There are various classes of servitors in the temple of
Lingaraja. They are Akhanda, Abadhana, Bauri, Bhandari,
Bhitar Khuntia, Changara(this is reserved for Kooly),
Chaparasi(this is also reserved for Kooly), Charchita, Chata,
Dakhinaghar sebaka, Dhoba, Dhopakhalia, Garabadu, Gauda,
Ghantua, Gudia, Hadapa Naika, Kahalila, Karatia, Keuta,
Kumbhara, Mahasuara, Mekap, Palia Badu, Panchuati, Puja
Panda, Panti Badu, Parvati, Pasupalaka, Patri, Pharaka,
Parakarana, Pradhan, Puspanjalia, Rosa Paika, Samartha, Teli
and Baidya.
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