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Garuda
Garuda is a mythical bird and has a pr eminent place among Hindu Gods and in the poeple's veneration. It's said that it was Garuda to bring the Fire-Agni on the earth. He is represented as a big white-necked eagle, but in the temples his images are with a human trunk. In all Vaishnavaite temples in front of the image of Vishnu is erected a stone flag with Garuda. He is the Vishnu's vahana (vehicle), but, like a God, he has other names:- Amrtaharana
- Khagesvara
- Nagantaka = destroyer of snakes
- Raktapaksha
- Sarparati
- Sitanana = white face
- Suparna
- Suvarnakaya
- Vinayaka = destroyer of obstacles
- Tarksya
- Vihangama
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