Mural painting showing the Buddhist wrathful guardian Yama Dharmaraja , the god of death, with his consort Chamundi

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Mural painting showing the Buddhist wrathful guardian Yama Dharmaraja , the god of death, with his consort Chamundi who offers him a skull cup of blood. Yama has a crown of skulls and a garland of human heads. He has an erect penis and carries a skull topped club. There are numerous wrathful symbols including skull cups, flayed skins, dismembered body parts, fire. . Samstangling Monastery, Sumur, Ladakh, Republic of

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Size: 2916px × 3271px
Location: Samstangling Monastery, Sumur, Ladakh, Republic of India.
Photo credit: © MichaelGrant / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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