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What is a churinga?

What is a churinga? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Alternative form of tjurunga
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In this sense, the churinga ilkinia would fall into the former.
The tribal churinga ensured perpetuation of plant and animal life needed for the support of people.
Here we have the churinga ilkinia, or sacred rock-drawing, in red and white, of the honey ant totem in the Warramunga tribe.
Meanwhile most churinga, and many of the disputed objects, have archaic markings, which also occur on rock faces.
All these churinga are kept at sacred central stores, caves, or crevices.
We also knew that the return of a particularly significant churinga would exacerbate these troubles and probably lead to physical violence.

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