The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped
In Hinduism, a representation of the female sexual organ and feminine generative power, the symbol of the goddess Shakti (see shakti). The yoni is often associated with the phallic linga, the symbol of the god Shiva. The linga is depicted in art as resting in the yoni, their union representing the eternal process of creation and regeneration
A word from the Sanskrit where it means womb, origin, well or in fact mostly female genital organ The term derives from a cultural and religious background in which the women long ago already were considered as the embodiment of the divine female energy (Shakti) and in which female genital organs were seen as a holy symbol of the goddess The male counterpart is named lingam An image of the yoni and lingam together is named yonilinga (photo: see travelogue day 05 - Kolayat)