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Harihara is depicted in art as split down the middle, one half representing Shiva, the other half representing Vishnu. [12] The Shiva half will have the matted locks of a yogic master piled high on his head and sometimes will wear a tiger skin, reserved for the most revered ascetics.
The name "Harihara" in turn is a composite of "Hari" (a name of the Hindu god Vishnu) and "Hara" (a name of the Hindu god Shiva). Cambodian representations of Harihara were of a male god whose one side bore the attributes of Vishnu and whose other side bore the attributes of Shiva. For example, the god's head-covering consisted of a mitre-type ...
Harihara (or Hari-hara) is a syncretic deity in Hinduism, combining the two major gods Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara). The region of Harihara had been under the control of the Hoysalas from the 11th to 13th centuries AD. There is a famous temple built in the 12th century during Hoysala's time called Harihareshwara temple. [citation needed]
Hariharan was born in a Tamil family to classical musicians H. A. S. Mani and Alamelu Mani.H. A. S. Mani – he was affectionately called Chellamani – groomed many Carnatic singers in Mumbai where he died in his early 40s due to cardiac arrest in 1963. [5]
In a Khmer context the term was used in the latter sense as "god-king", but occurs only in the Sanskrit portion of the inscription K. 235 from Sdok Kak Thom / Sdok Kăk Thoṃ (in modern Thailand) dated 8 February 1053 CE, referring to the Khmer term kamrateṅ jagat ta rāja ("Lord of the Universe who is King") describing the protective deity ...
Harihara I, also called Hakka and Vira Harihara I, was the founder of the Vijayanagara Empire, in present-day Karnataka, India, which he ruled from 18 April 1336 to 20 November 1355. [5] He and his successors formed the Sangama dynasty , the first of four dynasties to rule the empire.
Harihara is the name of a fused deity form of both Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara) in Hinduism. Hari is the name of a class of gods under the fourth Manu ( manu tāmasa , "Dark Manu") in the Puranas. Haridasa is the Hari -centered bhakti movement from Karnataka .
Harihara II (died 31 August 1404) was an Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Sangama Dynasty. [3] He patronised the Kannada poet Madhura, a Jaina . An important work on the Vedas was completed during his time.