Possessing the head and beak of a kite, FTP, identify this mythic bird who fought against evil as the mount of the God Vishnu.
In art he is often depicted with two hands folded in adoration, while the other two hold an umbrella and a pot of amrta, the elixir of immortality. He acquired this elixir in an effort to free his mother who was kidnapped by his sworn enemies: the snake-like nagas. When this brother of Aruna takes to the skies his body, alternately described as emerald or golden, is large enough to blot out the sun. Possessing the head and beak of a kite, FTP, identify this mythic bird who fought against evil as the mount of the God Vishnu.
In art he is often depicted with two hands folded in adoration, while the other two hold an umbrella and a pot of amrta, the elixir of immortality.
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