Harihara
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.
Harihara Media
Vishnu (holding Sudarshana Chakra) and Shiva (lighter coloured half, wearing tiger skin, holding Trishula) combined in a single Harihara murti, sometimes referred to as Sivakesavaand "Haryadhamurti".
Other websites
The Position of Shiva & Vishnu
- Shiva and Vishnu as One and the Same (dlshq.org)
- The Position of Shiva and Durga in connection with Vishnu (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
- Harihara - Photograph of Carving from Hoysaleshvara Temple, Halebid (art-and-archaeology.com)
- Bronze Harihara from Thailand
