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- A mukhalinga or mukhalingam (Sanskrit: मुखलिङ्गम्, romanized: mukhaliṅga; literally "lingam with a face") is a lingam represented with one or more human...
- Mukhalingam, also known as Srimukhalingam or Mukhalinga, is a village panchayat in Jalumuru mandal of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra...
- origin in South India. Sadasiva is usually represented in the form of a Mukhalinga with the number of faces varying from one to five. The first ever sculpture...
- corridor-like space. The sacro sanctum, or the main idol, is a stone Mukhalinga with a silver yoni base bound with a silver serpent. It is one metre high...
- The primary religious image in the temple is a mukhalinga of the 16th or 17th century. A mukhalinga is a linga with a human face. In general, the linga...
- and heavy style, but often with a powerful impact; Harle describes the mukhalinga in Cave 4 as "pulsating with psychic power". The most famous is the 7...
- the Elephanta Caves Painting of Padmapani Cave 1 at Ajanta The Shiva mukhalinga (faced-lingam) from the Bhumara Temple Nalrajar Garh fortification wall...
- goddesses, and intricately carved sculptures. The temple's Ekamukha Linga, a mukhalinga or faced lingam, with a detailed head of Shiva, is a much studied example...
- Pashupatinath Temple at Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh A 10th-century four-face Mukhalinga, Nepal 64 lingams (Nepal) An 11th century CE linga-yoni plaque with a...
- inscriptions of Gupta era, and later by John Marshall. Subsequently, a Mukhalinga, that a Shivlinga with five faces. dating to the 2nd century BCE was also...