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Sacred Birds

Garuda, peacock, swan — winged messengers of the divine

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24Unique sacred birds

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🦚parrot4

KamadevaGod of Desire — Lord of Love

Kanchi KamakshiGoddess of Kanchipuram

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

MeenakshiFish-Eyed Goddess of Madurai

🦚crow2

KaliThe Dark Goddess — Time & Liberation

ShaniKarmic Lord of Justice — Planet Saturn

🦚peacock2

KartikeyaThe Divine Warrior — Son of Shiva

Kartikeya / MuruganKaumaram (Shaivism)

🦚chicken (rooster announces dawn)1

Amaterasu ŌmikamiGreat Kami Who Shines in Heaven — Sun Goddess

🦚crane1

Yu Huang ShangdiJade Emperor — Supreme Ruler of the Celestial Bureaucracy

🦚cuckoo (kokila)1

KamadevaGod of Desire — Lord of Love

🦚flamingo (in some late traditions)1

VarunaGod of Cosmic Order & Water

🦚garuḍa1

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

🦚haṃsa1

BrahmaThe Creator — God of Creation

🦚haṃsa (bar-headed goose)1

SaraswatiGoddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

🦚jaṭāyu (vulture)1

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

🦚king of all birds1

GarudaKing of Birds — Vehicle of Vishnu

🦚owl1

Ashta-LakshmiHinduism

🦚owl (messenger of death)1

YamaLord of Death — The First Mortal

🦚owl (ulūka)1

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

🦚peacock (mora-piñchha crown)1

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

🦚peacock (occasional)1

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

🦚peacock (secondary)1

SaraswatiGoddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

🦚phoenix (fènghuáng)1

Yu Huang ShangdiJade Emperor — Supreme Ruler of the Celestial Bureaucracy

🦚rooster1

KartikeyaThe Divine Warrior — Son of Shiva

🦚rooster (banner-symbol)1

Kartikeya / MuruganKaumaram (Shaivism)

🦚sampātī (vulture)1

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

🦚three-legged crow1

Amaterasu ŌmikamiGreat Kami Who Shines in Heaven — Sun Goddess

🦚vulture1

KaliThe Dark Goddess — Time & Liberation