Shaatish Art - A Yazhi or Yali is an animal that is a chimera of a lion, elephant and a snake. They could have a lion face, its paws (and claws) and
The wonder that was India - Yali sculptures on Temple pillars #Vijaynagara Temple pillars often have engravings of majestic charging horses called # Yali — horses standing on hind legs with their fore
![Yali Pillar. Sri Kailsasanathar Temple, Srivakuntam, Tamil Nadu, India. A yali is a mythical beast that is often part-elephant and part-lion. [632x1015] : r/IndiaSpeaks Yali Pillar. Sri Kailsasanathar Temple, Srivakuntam, Tamil Nadu, India. A yali is a mythical beast that is often part-elephant and part-lion. [632x1015] : r/IndiaSpeaks](https://i.redd.it/d119dl9q3ug71.png)
Yali Pillar. Sri Kailsasanathar Temple, Srivakuntam, Tamil Nadu, India. A yali is a mythical beast that is often part-elephant and part-lion. [632x1015] : r/IndiaSpeaks
![Tamil Culture and Tradition - OUR DREAMS : What does 'Yali', found in the pillars of many Tamil Nadu, South India temples, symbolize? Are they just mythological creatures? Tamil Culture and Tradition - OUR DREAMS : What does 'Yali', found in the pillars of many Tamil Nadu, South India temples, symbolize? Are they just mythological creatures?](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KeUJ3KUt6I4/Vse8fKMcgqI/AAAAAAAAAHc/oY1n5QKdH2Q/s1600/yaali.jpg)
Tamil Culture and Tradition - OUR DREAMS : What does 'Yali', found in the pillars of many Tamil Nadu, South India temples, symbolize? Are they just mythological creatures?
![Yali statue in Thousand Pillor hall in Meenakshi temple ; Madurai ; Tamil Nadu ; India Stock Photo - Alamy Yali statue in Thousand Pillor hall in Meenakshi temple ; Madurai ; Tamil Nadu ; India Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CE5J4B/yali-statue-in-thousand-pillor-hall-in-meenakshi-temple-madurai-tamil-CE5J4B.jpg)