It is an interesting story involving both the gods (devtas) and asuras (demons). In KURMA Avatar, Lord Vishnu incarnates himself as a turtle. True to his word, after seven days the Lord appeared and the king tied the boat to the fish by using the royal serpent Vasuki and the fish took all of them to Mt Himavan and kept them there till the flood was over and in the new era, the king started procreation for the new era. It predicted that the world would come to an end by a huge flood in seven days and requested the king to build a huge boat and take the seven sages(hermits), seeds of all plants, one animal of each type and told him that he would appear as a fish to propel the boat to Mt Himavan for surviving the flood to the next yuga(eon). The king realized that it was Lord Vishnu himself and then the lord made an appearance and made a special request to the king. Then the king threw it into the river, but it soon it outgrew the river and the king then threw it into Ganges and then into the ocean. Heeding its request, the king put the fish into a jar of water but the fish started growing and the jar was not big enough for it. One day as he was performing ablutions with river water, a small fish came into his hands and just as he was about to throw the fish back into the river, the fish requested the king to save its life. In the earliest yuga (era) of Sata-yuga, a king named Manu was performing severe penance for thousands of years. In MATSYA Avatar, Lord Vishnu incarnates himself as a fish in this world. Parashurama (parashu=axe, Rama=name of God)īronze age the coming of Ramapithecus development of first weapons such as axe. Homo Erectus, Upright, yet short and weaponless Half man-half animal appear (30 million years ago) The first mammals evolve (60 million years ago) The first amphibians emerge (100 million years ago) Life starts in water (600 million-400 million years ago) While many explanations are given for the 10 avatars of Vishnu, one can see striking similarity of these stories with the theory of evolution of life. Each avatar of Lord Vishnu shall be presented below with appropriate details of the situation under which the lord was compelled to appear on the earth. These incarnations are termed as the 'avatars' of Lord Vishnu. There are ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu, has incarnated in various life forms through different yugas (ages or eons) in situations where Dharma was in danger, because of certain evil elements in the world. Vishnu is the name given to the protector and sustainer of the universe. "Whenever Dharma, or the situation of law and order, is endangered on this world, I shall incarnate onto this world to re-establish Dharma, law and order, and to protect the good people and to destroy the evil elements of the society." Nilakanta Sastri, p.295 and Note 43 on p.300.Children's Corner - Stories - Ten Avatars of Vishnu - Dashaavatara With very few exceptions, all the Cholas followed a policy not merely of negative tolerance but of positive interest in other faiths, devout Saivites as they were. In the face of such overwhelming evidence, it is difficult to sustain the theory that he was a persecutor of Vaishnavism in general and of Ramanuja in particular. "Thus we see that liberal endowments and gifts were made to Vishnu temples and allied institutions by the king, the members of the royal family, his officers and feudatories, and the public at large throughout his long reign and large empire. casting the idol into the sea might have been due to the idol having been worn out.Ĭalling a historical king 'krimikantha chola' is merely Vaishnava hate-speech. The absurd stories that people like Dushyant Sridhar trot out - about sanskrit word play about "Siva paratvam" and putting out of eyes never happened. There was a power struggle between the established Vaishnava priesthood and Ramanuja and for stability the King sided with the established priests.
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