Wooden carved Kirthimukha-Buy woodencarvings online Kirtimukha (Sanskrit: कीर्तिमुख ,kīrtimukha, also kīrttimukha, a bahuvrihi compound translating to "glorious face") is the name of a swallowing fierce monster face with huge fangs, and gaping mouth, very common in the iconography of Hindu temple architecture in India and Southeast Asia, and often also found in Buddhist architecture.In Southeast Asia it is often referred to as Kala, and in China it is known as the taotie, meaning (Monster of Greed