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Makara

The crocodile who bit Gajendra the elephant devotee of Vishnu; Vishnu appeared before Gajendra and rescued him from the clutches of Makara.

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Kerala Mural Archive
Kerala Mural Archive
Preserving Heritage, Digitally.
Curated by
Radhika Suresh
PhD Research Scholar, Digital Humanities
School of Liberal Arts
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
ORCID: 0009-0004-5523-1452
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Suresh, Radhika. Kerala Mural Archive.
IIT Jodhpur, 2026.
keralamuralarchive.in
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