# shaligram

> fossilized shell, typically in the form of spherical, black-coloured Ammonoid fossils of the Devonian-Cretaceous period, used in Vaishnava Hinduism as aniconic representations of Vishnu, usually collected from river-beds or banks

**Wikidata**: [Q1916552](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1916552)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaligram)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/shaligram


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. Quora