Harihara
fusion Hindu deity of Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara)
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.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harihara.
- Shiva and Vishnu as One and the Same (dlshq.org)
- The Position of Shiva and Durga in connection with Vishnu Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine (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
change- Harihara - Photograph of Carving from Hoysaleshvara Temple, Halebid (art-and-archaeology.com)
- Bronze Harihara from Thailand
