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  2. Mayura (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The legend states that the Mayura was created from the feathers of Garuda, another divine bird of Hindu culture. Garuda is believed to be a vahana (conveyance) of Vishnu, one of the Trimurti. In images of the mayura as a mythical bird, it is depicted as killing a snake, which according to a number of Hindu scriptures, is a symbol of cycle of time.

  3. Indian peafowl - Wikipedia

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    In the Indian subcontinent, many Hindu deities are associated with the bird, and it is frequently depicted in various temple art, mythology, poetry, folk music and traditions. [86] The Hindu war god Kartikeya is depicted as using an Indian peacock named Parvani as his vahana . [ 87 ]

  4. Śūrapadmā - Wikipedia

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    Unwilling to concede his defeat, Surapadma retreated to the sea, assuming the form of a mango tree. Murugan sliced the tree in twain, from which emerged a cock and a peacock. The deity started to employ the cock as his battle standard, and the peacock as his mount. [6] Tiruchendur is identified by adherents as the site Surapadma is slain by ...

  5. Vahana - Wikipedia

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    Kartikeya, the war-god known as Murugan in Southern India, is mounted on a peacock named Paravani. This peacock was originally a demon called Surapadma, while the rooster was called the angel Krichi. After provoking Murugan in combat, the demon repented at the moment his lance descended upon him. He took the form of a tree and began to pray.

  6. Peafowl - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu god Kartikeya with his wives on his peacock mount. The peafowl is native to India [28] and significant in its culture. [29] In Hinduism, the Indian peacock is the mount of the god of war, Kartikeya, and the warrior goddess Kaumari, and is also depicted around the goddess Santoshi. [30]

  7. List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    In Hindu faith, Sarama is a mythological being referred to as the dog of the gods, or Deva-shuni. Sarameya (literally, "sons of Sarama") are the children of Sarama, whose names are Shyama and Sabala. Sharvara is an ancient Hindu mythical dog belonging to Yama. Sisara is the husband of Sarama, father of the Sarameya.

  8. This ancient snake in India might have been longer than a ...

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    A ancient giant snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton, researchers reported Thursday. The newly discovered behemoth lived 47 million years ago in western India ...

  9. Tawûsî Melek - Wikipedia

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    In Yazidi religious folk beliefs, Tawûsî Melek is described as eternal and an eternal light (Tawûsî Melek herhey ye û nûra baqî ye), and in Yazidi mythology, when Tawûsî Melek descended to earth, the seven colours of the rainbow transformed into a seven-coloured bird, the peacock, which flew around every part of earth to bless it, and ...