Bhubaneswar: Lord Jagannath’s Rath, Nandighosha is also known as Garudadhwaja. Garuda, in Hindu mythology, is the bird mount of God Vishnu.
Garuda, a deity himself, is often shown as a winged human-shaped figure with a beak-like nose and carries Vishnu to Vaikuntha (Heaven), where he lives.
Krishna– the incarnation of Lord Vishnu took birth to cleanse the earth of evil and the young Lord Krishna fought with a mighty snake Kaliya who was very powerful and had managed to escape from the clutches of the mighty Garuda and took refuge in the Kalindi pond.
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Here is the story of Day 8:-
Kaliya was a ferocious Cobra that lived on the Ramanaka Dwipa of the Yamuna River. But, it left the island in fear of the Garuda, a celestial being possessing human and eagle features.
Since eagles feed on snakes, Garuda was Kaliya’s nemesis. The multi-headed Cobra came to Vrindavan as Garuda was cursed and could not enter the village.
The venom that seeped out of its multiple mouths boiled the water around him and killed any living being that came in contact with the contaminated water. He, unlike the other nagas, does not have an origin in the scriptures.
Once Krishna and his friends were playing near the river with a ball. While playing, their ball fell into the river, and Krishna jumped in to fetch it.
In the river, he was attacked by the violent snake. The snake tried to crush Krishna by coiling around him but Krishna escaped effortlessly.
Krishna dragged the snake onto the surface of the river, jumped on one of its heads, and started performing his cosmic dance. He had assumed the weight of the entire universe in his tiny feet and almost crushed the naga to death.
But Krishna stopped after hearing the prayers of Kaliya’s wives. The humiliated and defeated snake asked for forgiveness from Krishna and Krishna commanded him to return back to his island of Ramanaka and blessed him that his vahana, Garuda, would never attack him.
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Ollywood actor Shradha Panigrahi narrated the story on Day 8 of ‘9 Dina 9 Kahani’ Season 2 organised by 93.5 Red FM and presented by YONO SBI. Besides, renowned sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo presented beautiful sand art visuals of the mythological episode.
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