Tibet Guge 08 Tsaparang 05 Yamantaka Temple Yama [30 of 45]
To the right of the door is a painting of Yama (Tib. Shinje) riding a blue water buffalo. Yama is nude, has a buffalo head, wears a garland of human skulls, has an ornament shaped like a wheel on his breast, his right hand holds a sword topped with a skull, and his left hand holds a loop of rope. On the right is the fierce Dakini Simhaumukha. Snarling and roaring with a gaping large mouth on a white lion face, she stands fierce and menacing with two hands, with protruding fangs, curled tongue, two large round eyes and dark flowing hair. Her left hand clutches to the heart a white skullcup filled with blood. Photo - Thöni: Westtibet.