Then Vishnu incarnated himself into a huge tortoise and placed the mountain on his back then churning began and this time it continued smoothly.ģ. The huge mountain Mandara was used as a pole for churning of water, but as churning continued mountain began to descend into the sea. This churning was to bring out the ‘amrita’ from the depth of ocean to help regain power and immortality. Kurma avatar Once during samudra manthan or great churning of sea by the Gods and the demons. After a fierce battle with the demon Vishnu was successful in bringing back vedas.Ģ. Vishnu took the form of a fish and dived into the ocean to get back the vedas. Since he was unable to do so he approached Lord Vishnu for help. Brahma had to read the holy books to create universe. He then ran and hide in the depth of ocean. One day Brahma was sleeping, Hayagriva stole the holy vedas from under Brahma’s head. Matsya avatar The fish incarnation is the first incarnation of Vishnu.
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I welcome your comments on this and feel free to add on your suggestions.1. That is the reason I have placed Balarama as the ninth incarnation.įurther on, I will add more stories on each of these avatars to know what each avatar did and some more interesting "nice to know" articles In some of the beliefs, there is no Balarama, and the ninth incarnation is believed to be Buddha, but usually down south, it is still believed as Balarama and that is what shows up in most of the kolu dolls that we purchase. He will sit atop a white horse and will have a nice sword. Many know the pranks Krishna played as a little boy and then as he grew the story of Mahabharatha and Bhagwad Gitaĩ) Balarama avatar: This was during the same time as Krishna avatar, he appeared as the brother of Lord Krishna and is believed to be the incarnation of Sheshnaag (the 5 headed snake - see the photo above)ġ0) Kalki avatar: is the final incarnation of Vishnu, foretold to appear at the end of Kali Yuga (the present era). This was during the Satya yuga, and resulted in another mythological story "Ramayana"Ĩ) Krishna avatar: In this avatar, the Lord had taken the form of Lord Krishna, again, he is worshiped by the hindus. Read on.īelow are the 10 incarnations of the Lord, in the order shown in the above photo:ġ) Matsya avatar: In this avatar, the Lord had taken the form of a fish (Matsya) to save King Manu and he takes his boat to a new world along with one of every species of plant and animalĢ) Kurma avatar: In this avatar, the Lord had taken the form of a tortoise to save the devas from asuras and to grant them immortalityģ) Varaha avatar: In this avatar, the Lord had taken the form of a wild boar, to save the earth from Hiranyaksha, a demonĤ) Narasimha avatar: In this avatar, the Lord had taken the form of a half man and half lion being to save his ardent devotee Prahalad from his father Hiranyakashyapuĥ) Vamana avatar: In this avatar, the Lord had taken the form of a short man, and had given immortality to King BaliĦ) Parashurama avatar: In this avatar, the Lord was a warrior with the axe and had gone on a killing spree to remove the Kshatriyas on earth, because one such Kshathriya had killed his father and mother, and also destroyed the ashram he was inħ) Rama avatar: In this avatar, the Lord had taken the form of Lord Rama, who is worshiped by the hindus. I still recollect when my mother, or grandmother would tell me these stories, I would listen in apt attention. These things are very interesting to listen to and more than "need to know" I would classify these beliefs to be in the "nice to know" category. Basically the first 4 avatars were during the Satya Yuga, then the next 3 during Treta Yuga, the next 2 during Dwapar Yuga and the last one is now, during the Kali Yuga. These incarnations of Lord Vishnu were taken during the "Satya Yuga", "Treta Yuga", "Dwapar Yuga", and "Kali Yuga". It is believed that Lord Vishnu incarnates on earth from time to time to eradicate evil forces and to liberate the worthy ones from the cycle of life and death.