Garuda : The Chariot of Visnu

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Literary profile. 3. Travels abroad. 4. Iconography. 5. Art motifs. 6. Indian plastic art. 7. The Tantric profile. 8. The exploits. 9. The epigraphical profile. 10. Buddhist and Jaina views.

"Garuda had been a powerful vehicle of Visnu, who participated in several wars fought by his master with the demons. The event of his bringing of the nectar from the heaven in order to relieve his mother of the bondage of the serpents is quite interesting, which along with other events, has been suitably dealt with in this works. Garuda not only adored the flags of the rulers but his seals were also embossed over the important documents in the past."