Who is Garuda's brother?

The mythological account of Garuda's birth in the Mahabharata identifies him as the younger brother of Aruna, the charioteer of the sun god, Surya.
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Who is the son of Garuda?

Garuda's wife is Unnati (or Vinayaka in other versions) and his son is Sampati, another mythical bird and ally of Rama.
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Who is sheshnag to Garuda?

Both Sesha and Garuda are eternally liberated souls. They are eternal associates of Lord Vishnu. They appeared as sons of Kashyap on in material world. Kasyapa married 13 daughters of Daksha Prajapati.
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Who was Garuda mother?

According to Hindu legends, Vinata is the mother of Aruna and Garuda. She is one of the daughter of Prajapati Daksha. Married to Kashyapa along with her sisters. She bore him two sons, the elder son was Aruna and younger was Garuda.
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Who is Vinata sister?

Kadru was the younger sister of Vinata, and when they both lived with Kashyapa as his wives and attended to all his comforts he blessed them by granting each of them a boon.
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कद्रू और विनता की कथा तथा सर्पो और गरुड़ की उत्पत्ति | Story of Snakes and Garuda Part-1



Is Vasuki and Sheshnag same?

Sesha and Vasuki (the snake on Shiva's neck) are brothers. Sesha is oldest then Vasuki and then other sons were born to Kadru and Kashyapa. While Sesha serves Vishnu, Vasuki serves Shiva.
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Is Balarama avatar of Sheshnag?

Narratives of Balarama are found in Mahabharata, Harivamsha, Bhagavata Purana and other Puranas. He is classified in the Vyuha avatar Sankarshana were in Shesha and Lakshmana are part of. The legend of him as the avatar of Shesha, the serpent Vishnu rested on, reflects his role and interconnection with Vishnu.
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Is Sheshnag a Balarama?

Yes, both are the avatars of SheshNag. In treta yuga, SheshNag took birth as Lakshmana, the younger brother of Rama (Lord Vishnu). In Dwapar Yug, he took birth as Balarama, the elder brother of Krishna (Lord Vishnu).
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Who is Vasuki snake?

Vasuki is Shiva's snake, depicted around his neck. He is known in Chinese and Japanese mythology as being one of the "eight Great Dragon Kings" (八大龍王 pinyin: Bādà lóngwáng; Japanese: Hachidai Ryūō), amongst Nanda (Nāgarāja), Upananda, Sāgara (Shakara), Takshaka, Balavan, Anavatapta, and Utpala.
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Is jatayu related to Garuda?

In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Jatayu (Sanskrit: जटायुः, IAST: Jaṭāyuḥ) is a demi-god who has the form of a vulture. He is the younger son of Aruṇa and his wife Shyeni, the brother of Sampati, as well as the nephew of Garuda and an old friend of Dasharatha (Rama's father).
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Is Garuda an avatar?

He is said to be an avatar of Sankarshanan, a form of Vishnu, and is endowed with extraordinary powers through the grace and penance of his father Sage Kashyapa. It is held that Garuda earned the privilege of eternal service to the Lord through his devotion, humility and his prowess, pointed out Kalyanapuram Sri R.
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Is Laxman a sheshnag?

In the Puranas, Lakshmana is described as an incarnation of Shesha, the multiple-headed nāga (serpent) upon whom rests the god Vishnu, whose avatar Rama is considered. When sage Vishwamitra asked Rama to kill the demons in the forest, Lakshmana accompanied them and went to Mithila with them.
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Is Balram son of Yashoda?

Lord Balram's parents were Vasudev and his wife Devaki. He was about to take birth from the womb of Devaki but later in order to save him from Kamsa he was transferred to the womb of Rohini who was another wife of Vasudev . She was living with Vasudev and Mother Yashoda under protection from Kamsa.
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Who was Balram in previous birth?

Evil demon Kansa had already killed the first six children of Devaki by smashing the newborns on a stone. Vishnu incarnated as Balarama when Indra and the other gods came to Lord Vishnu and asked for release from the king Kansa.
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Who is Vasuki wife?

Vasuki (Tamil: வாசுகி) was a Tamil woman who lived around the late or post Sangam era (between 1st century BCE and 5th century CE). She was the wife of the Tamil poet-philosopher Valluvar. She is traditionally considered a faithful wife and a model of Tamil womanhood.
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Who is elder Vasuki or Sheshnaag?

As per Mahabharata, Shesha was born to sage Kashyap and his wife Kadru. Kadru gave birth to thousand snakes of which Shesha was the eldest. The snake that we see around the neck of Lord Shiva is Vasuki. It is believed that Shiva blessed Vasuki and wore him as an ornament.
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Who is king of snakes Vasuki or Sheshnaag?

Technically, it is Sheshnaag. This Shesha-tattva (tattva=principle) is likened to God in the vedic literature. By His sheer size does Lord Anant Shesha hold the universe. In fact, He is so big that the universe appears as small as a mustard seed on one of His many Hoods.
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Does Garuda bird exist?

But unlike these, and many other countries, Indonesia's national emblem is not an actual animal, but a mythological bird from an ancient saga. In Hinduism's Mahabharata epic, Garuda is a half-human, half-bird creature, with red wings, white face, and a figure so big that it covered the sun whenever he flew by.
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How did Garuda free his mother?

Story so far: In his quest to free his mother, Garuda agrees to bring the nectar of immortality to the snakes. He defeats the devas and snatches away the pot of amrit. Once he left Lord Vishnu, Garuda flew on, eager to give the snakes the pot and take his mother away.
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Did Krishna married Yamuna?

Thus, in dwapar yug, Yamuna was born as Kalindi and became the 4th wife of Krishna.
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Who married Yami daughter of sun?

He observed the situation of yamuna and defeated kaliya. Then, sacred love bloomed between them. Later, Goddess Yamuna got married to Lord Sri Krishna. Yamuna/kalindi/jamuna/ yami, is the daughter of Lord Surya and Goddess Sandhya.
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