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Site Name: Dodda Gaddavalli

Date: 1113 CE

Subject: Bhairava in garbhagrha

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Date: ca 1100-1199 CE

Subject: Bhairava

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Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Bhairava, head

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Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Bhairava, head

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Bhairava, seated

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 1100-1199 CE

Subject: Bhairava or Heruka

Site Name: Vadali

Date: ca 1026-1050 CE

Subject: Bhairava Vinadhara standing

Site Name: Bhojpur

Date: ca 1000-1050 CE

Subject: Bhairava in niche (lying beside west wall)

Site Name: Bodhgaya

Date: ca 800-899 CE

Subject: Bhairava

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Date: ca 400 CE - 499 CE

Subject: Bhairava? [Shivalinga with Four Faces]

Site Name: Tiruvoteeyur/Tiruvottiyur

Date: ca 1000-1099 CE

Subject: Bhairava on northwest

Site Name: Varkala

Date: 1600-1799 CE

Subject: Bhairavi column

Site Name: Valivalam

Date: 1500-1599 CE

Subject: Bhairava Kali: The universal mother, the symbol of mercy and affection assumes a terrifying form by wearing upavita (string) of skull, rolling her eyes in anger, baring her teeth and making her hair rise in flames. The goddess as killer of the demons Sumbha and Nisumbha is known as Kali whose purpose is to restore order out of the chaos created by the asuras. She does so by sounding the bell that strikes terror into the heart of the wicked (rear right hand in this image); with the noose she seizes the sinner or the sin (rear left hand); she carried a trident in her front right hand. The skull cup in the front left hand sucks the evil energy. All her acts and attributes are out of compassion for the devotee.