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What is Shankha?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Shankha bhasam, also spelled and pronounced as Shankh and Sankha, is a conch shell of ritual and religious importance in Hinduism and Buddhism.

It is the shell of a large predatory sea snail, Turbinella pyrum found in the Indian ocean.

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