Novella of Indian Mythology

Dashavatar of lord Vishnu

In this post simplicity is the theme .This blog post will contain the all the ten incarnations of lord Vishnu  and which yuga they appeared or will appear in.

1.MATSYA  –(SATYA YUGA)

It is believed that Lord in Matsya Avatar had rescued the  first man,Manu from a great deluge.

2.KURMA  –(SATYA YUGA)

Lord Vishnu took the Kurma Avatar to hold the Mount Mandara while churning of the ocean of Milk from which the nectar of immortality aroused.

3.VARAHA –(Satya Yuga)

In this Avatar lord saved the Mother Earth from the demon Hiranyaksha who had imprisoned mother Earth in the vast ocean.

4.NARASIMHA  –(Satya Yuga)

The famous incarnation of half lion-half man to rescue his disciple ‘Prahlad’ from the hands of his torturous father Hiranyakashipu who was indeed brother of Hiranyaksha who was slain by lord Vishnu in the Varaha Avatar.

5.VAMANA –(Treta Yuga)

The Lord measured the whole universe in two step while he was awarded Land worth three steps by the king Mahabali.Then to fulfill his promise of three step land Mahabali offered his head as a destination for the third step.We will talk about this story in another post.Till then let’s wait.

6.PARSHURAM  –(Treta Yuga).

We have talked about this in the great detail in our blog post ‘ Ram to ParshuRam’.please have a look on it.

7.RAMA  –(Treta Yuga)

Who doesn’t know the story of lord Rama inscribed in an Indian epic ‘Ramayana’ who had killed the much-feared demon named ‘Ravana’.

8.KRISHNA   –(Dwapara Yuga)

Krishna the master strategist who anchored the whole Mahabharata and who can forget all the plays performed by Krishna in his childhood and also slained the demon Kansa and freed his mother and father from his clutch.

9.BUDDHA  –(Dwapara Yuga)

Buddha is described as the ninth avatar of lord Vishnu and all Puranas and Vedas had referenced Buddha as the ninth avatar of Lord Vishnu.

10.KALKI –(KALI YUGA)

Kalki is the last avatar the lord will take during kali Yuga to bring justice to the world and kill all the evils and negatives.Kalki is assumed that he   will be atop a white horse with a drawn blazing sword. He is the harbinger of the end time in Hindu eschatology, after which he will usher in Satya Yuga.