Vajrabhairava

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Vajrabhairava is a Buddhist meditational deity praised as the destroyer of death. He is also known as Yamantaka and he is a wrathful emanation of Manjushri and guardian of the great tantra of the highest form of yoga called Anuttarayoga.
The practice of Vajrabhairava is common in several traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, mainly Sakya, Kagyu and Gelug.

In this thangka painting Vajrabhairava has 9 faces, 34 hands and 16 legs. The main face is of a buffalo with flames on the tips of the horns and brown hair flowing upward. He has heads on the sides, a red face above and the yellow face of Manjushri placed on top. Each face has three large round eyes, bared fangs and wrathful expressions.
The first pair of hands hold a curved knife and skull cup to the heart. The remaining hands hold a multitude of weapons, body parts and objects.
The right legs are bent pressing down on a man, animals and various gods. The left legs are extended straight and press upon eight birds and various deities.
He is adorned with bracelets, necklaces and a girdle all formed of interlaced bone ornaments, a necklace of snakes and a long necklace of severed heads.

Vajrabhairava is surrounded by red and orange flames symbol of pristine awareness. On each side of the lotus throne skull cups are filled with various offerings.
On the top of this thangka painting are depicted Lama Tsongkapa in the center with his two hands in the Dharma teaching mudra and on each side, seated on cushions are the two main students of Tsongkapa: Gyaltsab and Khedrup.
On the bottom Yellow Jambhala (Vaishravana) is depicted on the left, in the center is placed the main Dharmapala of Vajrabhairava that is Yama Dharmaraja with the consort Chamundi, and Vajrapani occupies the right side.

Have a look also at the beautiful mask of Yamantaka carved by master Furba Lama.