The worlds biggest shivling like stalagmite is near Salzburg in Austria, many times bigger than our Amarnath!
The whole world knows about the Shivalinga of the Amarnath shrine, where the natural Shivling is formed by snow. However, do you know that like the Shivalinga of Amarnath, there is another stalagmite like Shivalinga that is visited by people from all over the world?
In fact, there is a 40-km-long ice cave in Werfen near the Austrian city of Salzburg, which has a natural Shivling-like figure and is several times larger than the Shivalinga of Amarnath. The cave has staircases for about one kilometer so that it can easily reach the ‘Shivling’ and the height of this ‘Shivling’ is about 75 feet. People have to go through dangerous paths to get inside the cave.
What’s more, it is the world’s longest snow cave and was discovered in the year 1879. Here you will find many shapes that look like Shivling. The snow cave is open from May to October and you will feel cold during the summer months. What’s more, you’ll feel like you’ve entered a different and new world in this cave.
About this place : ‘The Eisriesenwelt’ (German for “World of the Ice Giants”) is a natural limestone and ice cave located in Werfen, Austria, about 40 km south of Salzburg. The cave is inside the Hochkogel mountain in the Tennengebirge section of the Alps. It is the largest ice cave in the world, extending more than 42 km and visited by about 200,000 tourists every year.