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Kala Bhairava, a fierce avatar of Shiva, at shrine in Durbar Square, Kathmandu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Royalty Free Stock Photo
Close-up of image of Kala Bhairava, a fierce avatar of Shiva, at shrine in Durbar Square, Kathmandu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Royalty Free Stock Photo
People paying respects at the Kaal Bhairav shrine in Durbar Square, Kathmandu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Royalty Free Stock Photo
Kaal Bhairav is a Hindu shrine, in Kathmandu Durbar Square, which according to legend had been sculptured from a single stone Royalty Free Stock Photo
   
   
   
Kala Bhairava, a fierce avatar of Shiva, at shrine in Durbar Square, Kathmandu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Bhairava ('frightful'), or Kala Bhairava, is a Hindu Shaivite and Vajrayana Buddhist deity worshipped in India, Nepal, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, as well as Japan. In Shaivism, he is a powerful avatar of Shiva, associated with annihilation. In Vajrayana Buddhism, he is considered a fierce emanation of boddhisatva Manjusri, and also called Heruka, Vajrabhairava and Yamantaka. Bhairava wears a tiger skin and a ritual apron composed of human bones, and is depicted with a range of twisted serpents.

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