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Harihara is also sometimes used as a philosophical term to denote the unity of Vishnu and Shiva as different aspects of the same Ultimate Reality, known as Brahman. This concept of equivalence of various gods as one principle and "oneness of all existence" is discussed as Harihara in the texts of Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. [1]
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 (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]
The dhāraṇī is thought to have originally been a recitation of names and attributes of Harihara (a composite form of the Hindu gods Vishnu and Shiva; Nīlakaṇṭha 'the blue-necked one' is a title of Shiva) said to have been recited by Avalokiteśvara, who was sometimes portrayed as introducing popular non-Buddhist deities (e.g. Hayagriva ...
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 ...
Guha then became a regular tormentor of gods and humans alike. In order to overcome Brahma's boon and eliminate Guha, Vishnu and Shiva together took the form of Harihara (a fusion), came down to earth and killed the demon. The descent of the incarnation on earth is said to be at nearby Kudalur, at the confluence of the rivers Tungabhadra and ...
Harihara, although one of the earliest Veerashaiva writers, was not part of the famous Vachana literary tradition. He wrote under the patronage of King Narasimha I.He wrote his magnum opus, the Girijakalyana ("Marriage of the mountain born Goddess"), though employing the old Jain champu style, with the story leading to the marriage of God Shiva and his consort Parvati in ten sections.
Harihara and Bukka meeting Vidyaranya [citation needed] Bukka Raya I (reigned 1356–1377 CE) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Sangama Dynasty . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He was a son of Bhavana Sangama , [ 6 ] claimed by Harihara II to be of [ 7 ] Yadava clan of Chandravamsa Kshatriya