Beautiful high-polish and gold plated sterling silver earrings depicting a lion head of the mythical creature Yali. The highly reflective eyes look like they are always looking at you from any direction. Make for great gifts or protective charms! Yali (or Vyali in sanskrit) are lion faced protectors, and are often found in-front of South-Indian temples or on entrances etc. The mythical creatures have the head of a lion, body of an elephant and legs of a horse thereby embuing the best qualities of all these animals namely bravery, strength and speed.