In Hinduism, Makara is the vehicle of Goddess Ganga, Varuna
and Kamdev or Kama. It is today depicted as a crocodile. But it is an hybrid
aquatic animal with the body of a crocodile, tail of a fish and sometimes with
a trunk. The fish tail sometimes has feathery fronds depicting vegetation.
It symbolically represents the life giving and sustaining
force of water. The nourishing powers of water, which feeds and sustains all
living beings.
Today Makara is closely associated with Goddess Ganga.
Varuna, Vedic God, is the Lord of the seas and ocean.
Kama, or Kamdev, is the god of love. Makara is also
associated with his consort Rati.
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