Gandaberunda

Left: Gandaberunda as a roof statue, Rameshvara temple, Keladi. Right: Gandaberunda as a decorative painting, Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur.

Gandaberunda (Sanskrit: गण्डभेरुण्ड, romanized: ಗಂಡಬೇರುಂಡ, lit. 'the powerful-necked one; उभयरुण्ड = dual headed one', IAST: Gaṇḍabheruṇḍa) is a two-headed bird and he is a form of the Hindu god Vishnu as Narasimha and he has enormous powers in Hindu mythology.^[1] In Hinduism, Gandaberunda is a form of Vishnu as Narasimha who disemboweled and killed Sharabha, a form of Shiva and Hiranyakashipu at the same time in Hindu mythology.