Natural Lord Vishnu Matasaya Shaligram / Kaali Gandaki River Nepal/Chakra Shaligram

Salagrama?or?Shaligram?is a fossilized shell used in South Asia as an iconic symbol and reminder of the god?Vishnu?as the Universal Principle by Hindus of?Vaishnavite?and?Smarthist?sects.[1]?Shaligrams are usually collected from river-beds or banks such as the?Gandaki River?in Nepal.[2]?They are considered easy to carry and popular in certain traditions of?Vaishnavism, as an?aniconic?representation of the divine. They are typically in the form of spherical, black-coloured?Ammonoid?fossils?of the?Devonian-Cretaceous?period which existed from 400 to 66 million years ago.