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Vaikuntha Chaturmurti or Vaikuntha Vishnu is a four-headed aspect of the Hindu god Vishnu, mostly found in Nepal and Kashmir (northern part of the Indian subcontinent). The icon represents Vishnu as the Supreme Being. He has a human head, a lion head, a boar head and a fierce head.
Mitra, the god of oaths, promises, and friendships; Varuna, the god of water the seas, the oceans, and rain; Indra, also called Śakra, the king of gods, and the god of weather, storms, rain, and war; Savitr, the god of the morning sun; associated with Surya; Aṃśa, solar deity; associated with Surya; Aryaman the god of customs, hospitality ...
Several Hindu deities are often portrayed with four arms in their iconography, featured in Hindu literature. The iconography of four arms is regarded to symbolise divinity and power, as well as dominion over the four quarters of the universe. [1] Chaturbhuja is also primarily employed as an epithet for the preserver deity, Vishnu. [2] [3]
It is considered to be foremost among the bows in Hindu mythology as it was personally created using Lord Shiva's energy. Pushpa Dhanu - The bow of Kama, God of love; made of sugarcane with a string of honeybees. Pushpa Shar - The floral arrows of Kama; Sharanga - the bow of the Hindu God Vishnu; Sharkha - The bow of Krishna, 8th avatar of Vishnu.
The god has a thousand eyes, a hundred heads, a thousand feet, a thousand bellies, a thousand arms and several mouths. He holds weapons as well as attributes of an ascetic like sacrificial fire, a staff, a kamandalu (water pot). [9] Another theophany in the Mahabharata is of a Vaishnava (related to Vishnu or Krishna) form. It misses the ...
This list of tallest Hindu deity statues includes completed statues that are at least 4 m (13 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the murti, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.
Garuda (Sanskrit: गरुड, romanized: Garuḍa; Pali: गरुळ, romanized: Garuḷa; Vedic Sanskrit: गरुळ, IAST: Garuḷa) is a Hindu deity who is primarily depicted as the mount of the Hindu god Vishnu. This divine creature is mentioned in the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain faiths.
The Dhangars still consider Vithoba to be a brother of the god Viroba, and view Vithoba as a Shaiva god rather than a Vaishnava one. [39] Underhill proposes that the shrine of Pandharpur is a combined form of Vishnu-Shiva established by the Bhagavata sect that worships Vishnu-Shiva—the Lord, which is what bhagavata means. [ 40 ]