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# Garuda

Image of Garuda seated in pratyalidha pose with outstretched hands. He is placed over a flat rectangular base. There is a plank attached at its back, probably for his master Lord Vishnu to sit , so that Garuda can easily carry him around the cosmos.

- **Kind:** artefact

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.66-466](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.66-466) · Pramāṇa
