PEACOCK, the National Bird of India, is a colourful, bird with a fan-shaped crest of feathers.Peacock is a large and majestic bird. It has got a long and beautiful tail. Both the peacock and the hen have crest. But the crest of hen is smaller in size.

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• PEACOCK, the National Bird of India, is a
  colourful, bird with a fan-shaped crest of
  feathers.Peacock is a large and majestic bird. It
  has got a long and beautiful tail. Both the
  peacock and the hen have crest. But the crest of
  hen is smaller in size. The significance of
  peacock is attached to cultures of India, Far
  East, Ancient Persia, Greek and Christian. In
  Hinduism, the image of the god of thunder, rains
  and war, Indra, was depicted in the form of a
  peacock. In south India, peacock is considered as
  a 'vahana' or vehilce of lord Muruga. The figure
  of peacock is painted in various Islamic
  religious buildings. In Christianity, the peacock
  was also known as the symbol of the
  'Resurrection'.