Garuda and Hanuman are known as "Periya Thiruvadi" and "Siriya Thiruvadi" respectively. In the Bhagavad-Gita (Ch.10, Verse 30), in the middle of the battlefield " Kurukshetra ", Krishna explaining his omnipresence , says - "Of birds, I am the son of Vinata (Garuda)" indicating the importance of Garuda. Garuda plays an