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In the Holy book of Mahabharata, there is mention of Navagunjara as a creature composed of nine different animals. The animal is a common motif in the Patachitra painting. Pattachitra is one famous art form of Odisha. Navagunjara is considered as a form of Lord Vishnu or Lord Jagannath.

It is considered a variant of the Virat-rupa (Omnipresent or vast) form of Lord Krishna, that he displays to Arjuna, as mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita a part of the epic Mahabharata. Once, when Arjuna was doing penance on a hill, Lord Vishnu emerges him as Navagunjara. Navagunjara has the head of a rooster and stands on three feet, those of an elephant, tiger and deer or horse, the fourth limb is a raised human arm carrying a lotus or a wheel. The beast has the neck of a peacock, the back or hump of a bull, the waist of a lion, and the tail is a serpent. Initially, Arjuna was terrified as well as mesmerized by the strange creature and raises his bow to shoot it. Finally, Arjuna realizes that Navagunjara is a manifestation of Vishnu and drops his weapons, bowing before Navagunjara.