Which Hindu god is depicted with a third eye?

Which Hindu god is depicted with a third eye? Shiva is the Hindu deity most characteristically depicted with a third eye on his forehead.

The eye, often called the eye of insight or the eye of knowledge, marks Shiva’s extraordinary perception and destructive power. In a well-known myth, Shiva opened it and reduced Kama, the god of desire, to ashes after Kama tried to interrupt Shiva’s meditation. The third eye is therefore not simply a physical feature; it symbolizes spiritual awareness beyond ordinary sight.

Shiva is one of Hinduism’s principal deities and is the supreme lord in Shaivism. He is also associated with meditation, yoga, asceticism, transformation and cosmic destruction. Other familiar attributes include the crescent moon in his hair, the river Ganga, the serpent Vasuki and the trident.

Brahma and Vishnu are sometimes confused with Shiva because all three belong to the Trimurti in many popular summaries. However, the third eye is especially and consistently associated with Shiva. His epithet Tryambaka, “three-eyed one,” directly reflects this iconographic feature.