Several series of Hindu deities are found in the Buddhist Pantheon. Mahankal is one of the Hindu deities of Brahma group. He is one of the eight terrible deities of the Buddhist pantheon with ornaments of snakes, canine teeth, protuding belly and dressed with tiger skin. He is dark blue in color. He carries trishula and kapala in his two hands. He may have one face with two, four or six arms or eight faces with sixteen arms. As he is the defender of law, he is given a good position at the entrance doors of Buddhist shrines.