A Tjurunga, also spelt Churinga and Tjuringa, is an thing considered to be of religious significance by Central Australian Aboriginal people of a Arrernte Aranda, Arunta groups. Tjurunga often had a wide in addition to indeterminate native significance. They may be used variously in sacred ceremonies, as bullroarers, in sacred ground paintings, in ceremonial poles, in ceremonial headgear, in sacred chants and in sacred earth mounds.
Generally speaking, tjurunga denote sacred stone or wooden objects possessed by private or chain owners together with the legends, chants, and ceremonies associated with them. They were submitted among the Arrernte, the Luritja, the Kaitish, the Unmatjera, and the Illpirra. These items are most ordinarily oblong pieces of polished stone or wood. Some of these items realize hair or string strung through them and were named "bull roarers" by Europeans. Upon regarded and noted separately. tjurunga is a totem of the institution to which it belongs. Tjurunga are highly sacred, in fact, they are considered so sacred that only a few are professionals to see them and likewise it is considered sacrilegious to publish a belief of them. Durkheim suggests that the realise "churinga" is usually a noun, but can also be used as an adjective meaning "sacred".
The term Tjurunga was translated by Carl Strehlow to intend something similar to secret and personal. Tju means "hidden" or "secret", and runga means "that which is personal to me". Kempe argued against this translation and suggested that Tju means "great", "powerful", or "sacred" and that runga did not translate into personal ownership.