What is Garuda?
{{unreferenced|date=August 2024}} {{about|the divine bird in Hindu and Buddhist history}} [[File:Garuda by Hyougushi in Delhi.jpg|thumb|250px|Garuda, the [[Vahana]] of Lord [[Vishnu]]]] The '''Garuda''' ([[Sanskrit]]: '''Garuḍa''' गरुड, [[eagle]]; Pāli Garuḷa) is a large bird that appears in both [[Hindu]] and [[Buddhist]] history. Garuda has a head and wings of an eagle. Sometimes he is [[:wikt:depiction|depicted]] as having a human body. He is called the king of birds and he is also the carrier of god [[Vishnu]]. == Legend == Garuda is also known by the name Vainateya, son of Vinata and Sri Kashyapa Prajapathi. Garuda is separately worshipped on the day of Garuda Panchami, which is the fifth day of the [[lunar month]] after Ashasa Amavasya. His brother Anura (Arun) is the [[charioteer]] of God Suryanarayana. == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline|Garuda}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Hindu mythology]]