![]() ![]() Vishnu and Lakshmi riding on the Garuda - Painting in LACMA from Rajasthan, Bundi, c.1730 Once the capital of the land called Zhang Zhung, it was the site of the Silver Palace (Khyunglung Ngulkhar,) the ruins of which are still there in the upper Sutlej Valley of India. There is a Garuda Valley, Kyunglung, to the south-west of Mount Kailash. ![]() Their dwellings are in groves of the simbalī, or silk-cotton tree. On some occasions Garuḍa kings have had romances with human women in this form. The Garuḍas have kings and cities, and at least some of them have the magical power of changing into human form when they wish to have dealings with people. Worship of Garuda is believed to remove the effects of poisons from one's body. Garuda Bherunda is a double-headed form that may have led to the Austro-Hungarian and American forms called the Double Eagle (as in the title of J. They are also capable of tearing up entire banyan trees from their roots and carrying them off. A human being is so small compared to a Garuḍa that a man can hide in the plumage of one without being noticed (Kākātī Jātaka, J.327). This may be poetical exaggeration, but it is also said that when a Garuḍa 's wings flap, they create hurricane-like winds that darken the sky and blow down houses. The exact size of the Garuḍa is uncertain, but its wings are said to have a span of many miles. He is ancient and huge, and can block out the sun. He wears a crown on his head like his master, Vishnu. Garuḍa is depicted as having a golden body, white face, red wings, and an eagle's beak and wings but a man's body.
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