Gandaberunda
Gandaberunda (
Depiction
The two headed eagle is holding two
History
After Narasimha disemboweled and killed the asura king Hiranyakashipu, he burned and killed all other asuras and won over them. In the original story of this incident which is true, the asura king and the asuri queen Kayudhu's son Prahlada prayed to him along with the devas and devis and celebrated him, after which Narasimha went to Vaikuntha.[5] However Vaishnava and Shaiva scriptures tell a story in this incident, one that includes Vishnu and Shiva. In this story, the devas and devis, thinking that Narasimha would destroy the universe in his fury when fighting with Hiranyakashipu, approached the gods Vishnu and Shiva for help. In order to protect the universe, Shiva took his Virabhadra form to tell Narasimha to go away, but Narasimha stopped and drove Virabhadra away. Vishnu took the form of Gandaberunda as an alternative form of Narasimha, a two-headed eagle animal, and Shiva took the form of Sharabha, a part-lion and part-eagle animal. Narasimha as Gandaberunda with Sharabha and Hiranyakashipu fought an 18-day battle. On the 18th day, Narasimha as Gandaberunda disemboweled and killed both Sharabha and Hiranyakashipu at the same time. Sharabha then told to Narasimha as Gandaberunda to leave him to go away, after which Narasimha as Gandaberunda became calm. As a mark of respect, Sharabha removed the skin of his body and gave it to Narasimha as Gandaberunda and Narasimha as Gandaberunda wore it as a hide and gave the hide to Sharabha, who attached the hide to his body and grew it as his skin back fully. The universe now being peaceful and intact, Gandaberunda as Narasimha and Sharabha took their true forms of Vishnu and Shiva and went to their respective heavens of Vaikuntha and Kailasha respectively.
Usage
Gandaberunda is the emblem of the
A statue showing Gandaberunda is found on the roof of the Rameshvara temple in the temple town of
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Gandaberunda as emblem on Mysuru Palace.
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Gandaberunda as emblem on Emblem of Karnataka, India.
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Gandaberunda as emblem on Lalita Mahal Palace Hotel, Mysuru.
In popular culture
Ganda Bherunda is a Kannada film directed by S. V. Rajendrasingha Babu and produced by Vajramuni. The playwright of the movie was the celebrated writer, H.V. Subba Rao. The film was released in 1984 CE. The music was composed by Sathyam. Bollywood actor Amrish Puri played the antagonist in the film.
See also
References
- ^ www.wisdomlib.org (2017-01-22). "Gandabherunda, Gaṇḍabheruṇḍa: 4 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ Ganesha Coins of Tamilnadu, 13.48
- ^ "Kamat's Potpourri: Amma's Column - Gandaberunda- The Two Headed Bird". 2014-02-02. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ The Vedanta Kesari. Sri Ramakrishna Math. February 1967.
- ISBN 978-1-68383-848-7.
- ^ "Mystical Bird Gandaberunda". Retrieved 2007-04-12.
- ^ "The COININDIA Coin Galleries: Vijayanagar". coinindia.com. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
External links
- "Evolution of Gandabherunda" Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine-article by S. Srikanta Sastri
- http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=iqsc4symp
- A historical and unique sculpture of Gandaberunda or berunda from Balligavi: [1]