The Garuda (Sanskrit: ????, P?li ) is a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garuda is the Hindu name for the constellation Aquila. Garuda in Hinduism depicted as Vishnu mounting Garuda, found in Belahan, collection of Trowulan Museum, East Java.]]In Hindu mythology, a is a lesser Hindu divinity, usually the mount (vahanam) of Vishnu. is depicted as having a golden body, white face, red wings, and an eagle's beak and wings but a man's body. He wears a crown on his head. He is ancient and huge, and can block out the sun. His stature in Hindu religion can be gauged by the fact that an independent Upanishad, the , and a Purana, the Garuda Purana, is devoted to him. Various names have been attributed to - Chirada, Gaganeshvara, Kamayusha, Kashyapi, Khageshvara, Nagantaka, Sitanana, Sudhahara, Suparna, Tarkshya, Vainateya,