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28 on is well accepted an O rgan transplantati d established in medicine saving lives. Advances in transplant surgery have reached upto face transplant and to the much expected head transplant. Various mythologies have illustrated different body forms, and in particular, the Hindu mythology is ancient and has many interesting facts on xeno-head transplants and head multiplicity. A unique iconography in the Hindu Gods is the vertical half of the head and body sharing (Cephalosomatic) between male– female and male–male for a sacred cause is well-known and worshipped. Greek mythology also shows an androgynous form of Hermaphroditus (son of Aphrodite and Hermes), handsome boy merged with the water nymph Salmacis who was in love with him. This editorial presents such unique combinations of hemi-cephalosomatic sharing iconographies from the Hindu mythology. The supreme Gods of Hinduism are Lord Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and their consorts Goddesses Sarawathi, Lakshmi, and Shakthi respectively. In Hinduism, even in the God’s family, women are kept in high esteem as they are felt behind the success activities of the males. Popular iconographies worshipped are a combination of Lord Shiva–Shakthi, Lord Vishnu–Lakshmi and Lord Shiva–Vishnu which are discussed in this article.