
Chaumukhi Mahadev, or Chaturmukhi Mahadev, is a historic Hindu temple located approximately east of
Vaishali Gadh, Bihar, India. The temple has
Shivling with four god faces,
Brahma
Brahma ( sa, ब्रह्मा, Brahmā) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu, and Shiva.Jan Gonda (1969)The Hindu Trinity Anthropos, Bd 63/64, H 1/2, pp ...
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Vishnu
Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism.
Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within ...
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Mahesh and
Surya
Surya (; sa, सूर्य, ) is the sun as well as the solar deity in Hinduism. He is traditionally one of the major five deities in the Smarta tradition, all of whom are considered as equivalent deities in the Panchayatana puja and a ...
. While the construction time is unknown, it is believed to have been built during the fifth century.
References
1. South Asian Handbook, 1994
2.Archaeology of Vaishali by Dilip Kumar.
5th-century Hindu temples
Hindu temples in Bihar
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