... which he takes his boat to the new world along with one of every species of plant and animal, gathered in a massive cyclone.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Keycap digit two" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit two">| Kurma Avatar
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> When the Devas and Asuras were churning the ocean in order to get the nectar of immortality, the mount Mandara they were using as the churning staff started to sink and Lord Vishnu took the form of a tortoise (Kurma Avatar) to bear the weight of the mountain.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=| Kurma Avatarhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> When the Devas and Asuras were churning the ocean in order to get the nectar of immortality, the mount Mandara they were using as the churning staff started to sink and Lord Vishnu took the form of a tortoise (Kurma Avatar) to bear the weight of the mountain." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Keycap digit two" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit two">| Kurma Avatarhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> When the Devas and Asuras were churning the ocean in order to get the nectar of immortality, the mount Mandara they were using as the churning staff started to sink and Lord Vishnu took the form of a tortoise (Kurma Avatar) to bear the weight of the mountain." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Keycap digit three" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit three">| Varaha Avatara

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> Varaha or Wild boar, from the Satya Yuga, an animal who lives on land. This birth was taken to rescue Bhoomidevi (Mother Earth) from the clutches of the demon Hiranyaksha, a demon who had taken the Earth, or Prithvi, and carried it to the bottom ...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=| Varaha Avatarahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> Varaha or Wild boar, from the Satya Yuga, an animal who lives on land. This birth was taken to rescue Bhoomidevi (Mother Earth) from the clutches of the demon Hiranyaksha, a demon who had taken the Earth, or Prithvi, and carried it to the bottom ..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Keycap digit three" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit three">| Varaha Avatarahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> Varaha or Wild boar, from the Satya Yuga, an animal who lives on land. This birth was taken to rescue Bhoomidevi (Mother Earth) from the clutches of the demon Hiranyaksha, a demon who had taken the Earth, or Prithvi, and carried it to the bottom ..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
... of what is described as the cosmic ocean in the story. thus symbolizing the rescue of earth from the clutches of evil. She was carried back on the horns of the boar and placed safely.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Keycap digit four" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit four">| Narsimha Avatara

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> Narsimha or Man-lion where the Lord is neither a human nor an animal. The purpose of this birth of Lord Vishnu was to eliminate the cruel and proud Asura king Hiranyakashipu, the elder brother of Hiranyaksha who was vain enough to think that he alone ...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=| Narsimha Avatarahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> Narsimha or Man-lion where the Lord is neither a human nor an animal. The purpose of this birth of Lord Vishnu was to eliminate the cruel and proud Asura king Hiranyakashipu, the elder brother of Hiranyaksha who was vain enough to think that he alone ..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Keycap digit four" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit four">| Narsimha Avatarahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> Narsimha or Man-lion where the Lord is neither a human nor an animal. The purpose of this birth of Lord Vishnu was to eliminate the cruel and proud Asura king Hiranyakashipu, the elder brother of Hiranyaksha who was vain enough to think that he alone ..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
... was God after being granted a powerful boon from Lord Brahma, not allowing him to be killed by man or animal, inside or out, day or night, on earth or the stars, with a weapon either living or inanimate.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> Lord Vishnu descended as an anthropomorphic incarnation, with the body of a man and head and claws of a lion. He then disembowels the rakshasa at the courtyard threshold of his house, at dusk, with his claws, while he lay on his thighs.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="7⃣" title="Keycap digit seven" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit seven">| Shri Rama

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> The purpose of this birth of Lord Vishnu, was to show the world how an ideal king should be.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> Shri Rama, the prince and king of Ayodhya, appeared in the Treta Yuga. Rama is a commonly worshiped avatar in Hinduism, and is thought of as the ideal heroic man.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=| Shri Ramahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> The purpose of this birth of Lord Vishnu, was to show the world how an ideal king should be. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> Shri Rama, the prince and king of Ayodhya, appeared in the Treta Yuga. Rama is a commonly worshiped avatar in Hinduism, and is thought of as the ideal heroic man." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="7⃣" title="Keycap digit seven" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit seven">| Shri Ramahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> The purpose of this birth of Lord Vishnu, was to show the world how an ideal king should be. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond"> Shri Rama, the prince and king of Ayodhya, appeared in the Treta Yuga. Rama is a commonly worshiped avatar in Hinduism, and is thought of as the ideal heroic man." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
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