Vedic influence in Rome

There are many similarities between the Mithraic cult and the Vedic religion. The God Mithras is of Vedic origin. He is a solar deity. Mithras is associated with Agni, the God of fire in the Vedic religion. Fire is said to be contained inside rocks and the Roman description of the birth of Mithras from rock agrees with this Vedic account. The followers of the Mithraic mysteries worshiped Leontocephaline as the supreme God. Leontocephaline is depicted as a half-man, half-lion form. He has the face of a lion and the body of a man. He is entwined by a serpent and the serpent’s head rests on top of the lion’s head.  I saw a picture of the Leontocephaline on Wikipedia and the image looked very similar to Lord Narasimha who has a lion’s head and a man’s body. The serpent around the Leontocephaline is similar to Adi Sesha. There are many images which show Lord Narasimha sitting under the hood of Adi Sesha.Lord Narasimha appeared from a pillar. The appearance of Lord Narasimha from a pillar is also similar in concept to Mithras appearing from a rock.

The colour image is a picture of Lord Narasimha.

The black and white image is from http://www.carnaval.com/mithras/ and is an image of  Leontocephaline