Dakshinavarti Shankh

Dakshinavartam Shanku (Valampuri Sanggu; Sri Lakshmi Shankh), is a sacredhindu object in any case referred to in English as a conch shell . This is the shellof a largesea snail  from the Indian sea (a shell of the animal categories turbenilla pyrum ), but one that has the exceptionally uncommon converse turning winding.

At the end of the day, when it is held with the spout (siphonal trench) faced up, this current conch’s winding turns rightwards (dakshinavarti) as opposed to particularly more normal structure, which turns leftwards (vamavarti).

Certifiable Dakshinavarti Lakshmi Conches are just found in the Indian Sea, between Myanmar (Burma) right to Sri Lanka. There are three primary territories of this shankh in India. Shells from all the territories show unmistakable morphological varieties. The three regions are the Indian Sea close to Slam Setu, Sri Lanka, Ramishwaram to Tuticorin. Shells from this district are uncommon in event. The subsequent territory is Middle Eastern Ocean or Western India. The third region is Sound of Bengal. Assortments demonstrating blended characters have additionally been watched. The impersonation (Lightning Whelks) generally originate from Florida and the Bay of Mexico. This impersonation is otherwise called African Valampuri. Other than busyconid species, not many different species demonstrating nearness of folds in the cavity are wrongly referenced as Dakshinavarti. These species however sinistral are various species. Having folds doesn’t imply that they are for the most part species under the class Turbinella Linn.The genuine Lakshmi Shank is an uncommon sinistral turbinella conch shell from the Indian Sea, as a rule from turbenilla pyrum .