The Garuda Purana is one of 18 Mah¿pur¿¿a texts in Hinduism.

It is a part of Vaishnavism literature corpus, primarily centering around Hindu god Vishnu.

It is in the form of a dialog between Vishnu and Garuda, the King of Birds.

The second section of this Purana (given here) deals with issues connected with death, particularly funeral rites and the metaphysics of reincarnation.

Suuthamuni told this purana to Naimacharanya munis and his students.

This book can be ready by everyone at any time it is a Mahapurana one who reads or listens to this get Maha Punya.