The Gandaberunda (also known as the Berunda) is a two headed mythological bird of Hindu mythology thought to possess magical strength. It is used as the official emblem by the Karnataka government and it is seen as an intricately sculptured motif in Hindu temples.[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2162 KB) Photographed by self (Dineshkannambadi) in july 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2162 KB) Photographed by self (Dineshkannambadi) in july 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Keladi can mean: Keladi (India) Taro, also called keladi or ubi keladi This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... , Shivamogga District (Kannada:ಶಿವಮೊಗà³à²—) is a district in the Karnataka state of India. ... Hindu mythology is a term used by modern scholarship for a large body of Indian literature that details the lives and times of legendary personalities, deities and divine incarnations on earth interspersed with often large sections of philosophical and ethical discourse. ... KarnÄtakÄ (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... Look up motif in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ...
A roof sculpture depicting a Gandaberunda is found on the roof of Rameshwara temple in the temple town of Keladi in Shimoga District. The Gandaberuna was used by the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore as the Royal emblem. Keladi can mean: Keladi (India) Taro, also called keladi or ubi keladi This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Shimoga District is in southern part of Karnataka state in India. ... The Wodeyar dynasty (also spelt as Wadiyar-by the British and the Royal family members themselves and also as Odeyar by some) was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore from 1399 to 1947, until the independence of India from British rule and the subsequent unification of... Mysore or Maisūru (Kannada: ) is the second largest city in the Indian state of Karnataka. ...
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^ Mystical Bird Gandaberunda. Retrieved on 2007-04-12.
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