Harihara
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Harihara is the deity that combines Vishnu and Shiva. It comes from the Hindu tradition. Harihara is also sometimes used as a philosophical term when one wants to speak of the unity of Vishnu and Shiva as different aspects of the same Supreme God.
Other websites
[change | change source]The Position of Shiva & Vishnu
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harihara.
- Shiva and Vishnu as One and the Same (dlshq.org)
- The Position of Shiva and Durga in connection with Vishnu Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine (veda.harekrsna.cz)
- Vishnu and Shiva as different aspects of the one and same God. Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine (Shaivite guru, Bodhinatha)
Harihara images
[change | change source]- Harihara - Photograph of Carving from Hoysaleshvara Temple, Halebid (art-and-archaeology.com)
- Bronze Harihara from Thailand