@ Rethink,

you contradict yourself. You gave us 2 images. The shiva linga that woman is looking at is clearly on a standing position. You can see the head clearly at the opposite end, unless you mean to say there is a head at each end. :) So surely there has been a mix up somewhere along the way.

This is why i talked about a "self fulfilling prophecy" before. I have done my research. Freedom of speech and opinion must be based on facts too. Pashupatinath baaje is more concerned about the money than facts so that would be the last person to ask the symbolic meaning of such stuff. One should do own research, especially such issues which are relevant to culture (or ex culture for some).