15/16th century Hinduism bronze god-Trimurti, triad of the three gods, brahma, Vishnu, and shiva. The trimurti collapses the three gods into a single form with three faces. Each god is in charge of one aspect of creation, with Brahma as creator, Vishnu as preserver, and Shiva as destroyer. In combining the three deities in this way, however, the doctrine elides the fact that Vishnu is not merely a preserver and Shiva is not merely a destroyer. Moreover, while Vishnu and Shiva are widely worshipped in India, very few temples are dedicated to Brahma, who is expressly said to have lost his worshippers as the result of telling a lie and is merely entrusted with the task of creation under the direction of one of the other two gods. Scholars consider the doctrine of the trimurti to be an attempt to reconcile different approaches to the divine with each other and with the philosophical doctrine of ultimate reality. The gods’ body and face got general wearing due to many generations offered pray, the shrine might be made later, due to the different material Totally 23.2cm height.Provenance: Metok antique gallery, purchased in Parping of Nepal 1980s