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  Left-turning and Right-turning conch shells

Sacred Sinistral Spinning to to Left Normal Dextral Spinning to the Right
Rare Dakshin Lakshmi Shank: The Right-Spiraling Conch Shell

   Natural  Left Turning Legendary Conch Horns

      It is one of the main emblems of Vishnu, and his conch bears the name of Panchajanya, meaning 'having control over the five classes of beings
Arjuna's (hero of the Mahabharata) mighty conch was known as Devadatta, whose triumphant blast brought terror to the enemy
 As a proclaiming battle horn, the conch is akin to the bugle
 It is an emblem of power, authority and sovereignty whose blast is believed to banish evil spirits avert natural disasters, and scare away poisonous creatures

Tibetan Buddhism     
Today, in its greatly tamed avatar, the conch is used in Tibetan Buddhism to call together religious assemblies
 During the actual practise of rituals, it is used both as a musical instrument and as a container for holy water
 The Left-spiralling movement of such a conch is believed to echo the celestial motion of the sun, moon, planets and stars across the heavens
 The hair whorls on Buddha's head spiral to the Left, as do his fine body hairs, the long curl between his eyebrows (urna), and also the conch-like swirl of his navel

       Vajrayana Buddhism absorbed the conch as a symbol which fearlessly proclaimed the truth of the dharma
 Among the eight symbols, it stands for the fame of the Buddha's teaching, which spreads in all directions like the sound of the conch trumpet.

In addition to Buddha's throat, the conch also appears as an auspicious mark on the soles, palms, limbs, breast or forehead of a divinely endowed being Exotic India

               
      Horn of Vishnu and Siddhartha    Conch Seashell Horns             Hawaiian Triton Horns
To hold a conch is to hold the history of the sea and some of it's most ancient sounds
To Conch Someone is to Honor them by blowing the Conch in their Tribute or Remembrance

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No one has conch shells like we do in all of America

Dakshinavarti  Shankh Oil Lamps
These are the sacred shell of all Hindus! They open to the opposite side of almost all other shells. Never before made into an oil lamp. Rare and beautiful

$43.00   8 to 10" Ea              Quiet elegance standing on end or lying down

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A shell art form developed over the years to perfect the many different unique lamps
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Perfect Diwali Festival devotional lamps of Dakshinavarti Shankh
A shell art form developed over the years to perfect the many different unique lamps
Very different unique crafts not made anywhere else on earth !