Just thinking about shaligram shilas always makes me sad. The story of how they came to be is so full of deep wrongs and pain. I first learned about the stones when trying to find out if there were physical objects used to worship Shri Vishnu in the same way that linga are used to worship Lord Shiva, but it's really hard to connect with #shaligrams in the same way.

Does anyone else relate?

Shaligrams, the #sacred #fossils, are becoming rarer because of climate change https://theconversation.com/shaligrams-the-sacred-fossils-that-have-been-worshipped-by-hindus-and-buddhists-for-over-2-000-years-are-becoming-rarer-because-of-climate-change-209311

"For more than 2,000 years, #Hinduism, #Buddhism and the shamanic #Himalayan #religion of Bon have venerated #Shaligrams – ancient fossils of #ammonites, a class of #extinct sea creatures related to modern #squids... #ClimateChange, faster #GlacialMelting, and gravel mining in the #KaliGandaki are changing the course of the river, which means fewer Shaligrams are appearing each year."