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16. Bhairav
Stone

 Bhairav

ENDANGERED: Few are the gods whose images are rarely stolen. Bhairav, the wrathful manifestation of Lord Shiva. The reason seems to be that statues of a potbellied, or of a ferocious deity garlanded with human heads apparently do not conform to the aesthetic taste of Western art markets. (Fig. E17/G54)

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