1) Form of Shiva 
Kankala-murti (`One with the skeleton`), also known as Kankala (`skeleton`) or Kankala-Bhairava, is an iconographical form of the Hindu god Shiva. He is often associated with a fearsome aspect of Shiva, Bhairava and thus considered the latter`s aspect too. Kankalamurti is popular in South Indian temples of Shiva, but almost unknown in North I...