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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. | | | Description | Eclipse commemoration pavilion near Kanchipuram. The fish with the horn is probably a makara. The makara is a mythological creature, part fish, part goat, which is also the constellation Capricorn. It is also the vahana or vehicle of Varuna, the Vedic deity of the Cosmic Ocean, and of Ganga, the goddess who personifies the sacred river Ganges.
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