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Chao Mae Tuptim Lingam Fertility Amulet
$ 135.00
- Chao Mae Tuptim Lingam Fertility Amulet
- Measures approx. 2 1/2" x 3/4" x 1"
- The Chao Mae Tuptim Shrine also known as the Penis Shrine or Lingam Shrine, is a Phallic Fertility Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand. The Shrine is located behind the Swissôtel Bangkok, near the bank of the Khlong Saen Saep.
- The Shrine was created in the first quarter of the 20th century by Thai businessman Nai Lert (1872-1945), who found a Spirit House floating in the nearby khlong and placed it on the bank of his property.
- In Thailand, The Phallus or Lingam is considered to be a symbol of Good Luck and also a representative of Fertility. The shrine is one of the best examples of intentional phallic architecture in the world.
- The site, which measures roughly 60 by 70 feet (18 m × 21 m), is now crammed with carved wooden circumcised penis statues, which are said to possess special cosmic powers and endow good fortune and fertility on anybody coming into contact with them.
- The size of the Penis Statues, which number well over 100, is said to range from the size of a cream doughnut to the size of a canoe. Some are huge in size, some are humorous with animal totems, and some are fantastically painted in many colors, even pink to closely resemble a human phallus.
- The shrine is named after Chao Mae Tuptim, a pre-Buddhist Southeast Asian tree spirit who is said to bestow blessings on those who worship her at the shrine. The site attracts women from all across Thailand and even other east Asian countries. A plaque reads: "Chao Mae Tuptim has received yet another rather less conventional kind of gift, phallic in shape, both small and large, stylized and highly realistic. Over the years, they have been brought by the thousands."
- Women hoping to get pregnant leave offerings at the Spirit House, flanking a 10-foot (3.0 m) penis statue draped in cloth, including candles, jasmine, lotus flowers and Chinese incense sticks.