Garuda, The Culture Life of Indonesian Society Sosioreligius

Garuda is a bird familiar ear heard people in Indonesia and also sosioreligius Culture Balinese life. Garuda not just as a symbol of unity of the Republic of Indonesia, as well as a vehicle for the god Vishnu. The level of theology, the eagle was worshiped as a Hindu god. This god became the inspiration for mankind. Glory and make keperkasaannya Garuda is known as a hero who is known scent name Kashyapa Maharesi descent.

Why the Garuda revered as a god? ie Kashyapa Maharesi He has a wife as many as 14 people, and the most prominent is the Goddess and the Kadru Winata. All the wife gave birth to the son of Rishi Kashyapa a very powerful and mighty. Goddess Aditi one Kashyapa wife had a son known as Aditya 12, while Danu, a giant son everything, Diti had twin sons named Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu, and Kadru have a thousand sons dragon’s tail, which is famous for its dragon Basuki, Anantaboga Takshaka and dragons.


Goddess Winata Sedihlah heart, because he himself who does not have a son. She is facing her husband and asked that given the powerful son. Bhagawan Kashyapa ordered Winata maintain a goddess who has been doing the Resi, namely to protect the Homa fire not extinguished. On persistence of the Goddess, the fire was still burning.

Bahagawan Kashyapa very happy and gave Goddess Winata two eggs. Eggs are guarded and maintained by Goddess Winata well. But one thing that makes the egg is sad Winata for a thousand years did not visit hatch. So fear if the egg is a rotten egg that could hatch. With the anxiety does not have a son, then dilemparlah egg, the egg is broken and can be seen that the egg has not been fully developed. The boy was in pain because her time had not yet hatched. Winata sad to see it and the child because the pain was so cursed his mother that he’d made a slave by his own honey. only his brother who had not hatched that could save from slavery.

Winata was devastated and carefully keeping the other eggs. Long ago, there arose a dispute and Dewi Dewi Kadru Winata. They fought on the Oncaiswara horsehair out of the ocean mixing. Dewi Winata lost and he made a slave by the goddess Kadru. Winata must maintain and protect thousands of children a wild dragon Kadru Goddess.

When the time comes then the other egg menetaslah. Eggs that hatch into a large bird garuda. His eyes were red and his voice and cutting harmful air to scare residents of Siddha Loka. Because the flame is very good eyes like fire pralaya who want to destroy everything, Garuda then recognized and appointed as the king of the sky by agni. Then the eagle again showed his prowess in the universe, fighting with the gods. One condition that his mother could be free from slavery is that the Garuda Tirtha Amertha should get out of the ocean mixing Lawana.