Linga Purana

The text's title Linga refers to the iconography for Shiva.The text presents cosmology, mythology, seasons, festivals, geography, a tour guide for pilgrimage(Tirtha), a manual for the design and consecration of the Linga and Nandi, stotras, the importance of these icons, a description of Yoga with claims of its various benefits.The estimate composition dates for the oldest core of Linga Purana vary between scholars, ranging from the 5th-century CE to 10th-century.