Kalasamharamurthi
Detail Photos
Kalasamharamurthi form of Shiva is yellow-skinned and has four arms. He is wearing a green upper garment and green lower garment with red and green stripes. He is holding a thrishula or trident in one of his hands. The upper left hand holds a deer and lower left hand holds lower part of the trident. The lower right hand holds an axe. There is Ganga in his forehead and crescent moon as well. To his right, a green-skinn bearded saint stands with anjali mudra. To his left is another green-skinned muni with anjali mudra over his head. At the upper left corner is the scene of Markandeya hugging a shivalinga while Yamarajan is trying to capture him by flinging a rope. At the upper portion of the panel after the shivalingam is the Deva king green-skinned multi-eyed Indra, green-skinned Vishnu with a conch in his left hand and sudarshana chakra in his right hand. A white-skinned Brahma is also present.
