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Ravana Lifting Kailasa Mountain



     This comic book sounds like it contains the origin story of Ganesha which caught my interest. Any story with Ganesha also seems adventurous since he's the remover of all obstacles. 


     This caught my attention because all of the stories that I've read about Krishna so far feature him as a supremely powerful god-child showing up the gods, even brahma, or as a King-like figure. While I always enjoy those types of larger-than-life stories, I haven't read much about Krishna's romantic life. I also know that it's another prominent aspect to his story and I want to see what all of the hype is about. 


     I chose Agni out of the characters' list because I haven't learned too much about him. From what I know, he's a god that is more widely worshipped in the Vedic sects of Hinduism, which are more ancient than the later forms that revere gods like Vishnu and Shiva. So Agni seems to be a less prominent Hindu god nowadays. 

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