#varaha

Also avatar I love

I’m exploring Hindu mythology by making minimalist artworks of the gods. This one for Varaha.

1. VARAHA DEVA:Speared Hiranyaksha with His tusks

2. NARASIMHA DEVA: Ripped apart Hiranyakashipu ,drank his blood and garlanded Himself with his intestines

3. PARASHURAMA DEVA: Killed the entire Kshatriya clan 21 times before retirement

4. KRISHNA: Kanha is well... Kanha

In my humble and unqualified opinion , the closest any Avatara of Lord Vishnu to His Bhujangashayana form is Lord Rama. Calm and serene. I can sit at His feet for hours and look at His face.

Matsya – Lalita Tripura Sundari

Kurma – Tara (Samudra Manthan)

Varaha – Bhuvaneshwari

Vamana – Bagalamukhi

Narshimha – Chhinnamastaa (looks scary but are really nice, just don't piss them off)

Parashuram – Bhairavi (WAR BUDDIES)

Ram – Dhumavati (ahh the unfortunate widows...)

Krishna – Kali (“twin! Where have you been?”)

Buddha – Matangi

Kalki – Kamala

Varaha (Sanskrit: वराह, Varāha, "boar") is one avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of a boar. Varaha is generally listed as third in the Dashavatara, the ten principal avataras of Vishnu.

Varaha lifts the earth goddess Bhumi out of the cosmic ocean when the demon Hiranyaksha stole the earth goddess and hid her in the primordial waters. Vishnu appeared as Varaha to rescue her. Varaha killed Hiranyaksha and retrieved the earth goddess from the cosmic ocean, lifting it on his tusks, and restored her to her place in the universe.

Varaha in a coital posture with Bhumi in the Venugopalasvami temple, Sathyamangalam

A 3rd century CE sandstone statue of Varaha holding his consort Bhumi, Art of Mathura, housed in LACMA.

Varaha with his consort Bhumi, a copper statue from Tamil Nadu, 1600 CE.

Scene from the Thai version of the Ramayana - the Ramakien - Vishnu (Witsanu) transforms into a boar to kill the demon Hiranyaksha (Hiranta) who curls the earth up in an attempt to take over the world.

Varaha battles the demon Hiranyaksha, Scene from the ''Bhagavata Purana'' by Manaku of Guler (c. 1740)

Varaha killing Hiranyaksha and saving Bhumi, 1740 CE, Chamba painting

Varaha rescuing the earth, c. 1720-50

Varaha depicted as a Dashavatar in a modern temple in Srikakulam. Varaha holds the earth as a globe.

Varaha tramples the killed demon Hiranyaksha with Bhumi on his shoulder, Hoysaleshvara Temple.

Zoomorphic Varaha, Khajuraho. On its body are carved saints, sages, gods, seven mothers and numerous beings which he symbolically protects. The goddess earth is ruined and missing.

A rare right-facing Varaha holding Bhudevi, 7th century CE, Mahabalipuram.

The Varaha panel in Cave 5, Udyagiri Caves, is one of the most studied reliefs from the Gupta Empire era. Circa 400 CE, reign of Chandragupta II.

Coin with Varaha on a Gurjara-Pratihara coin possibly from the reign of King Mihira Bhoja, 850–900 CE, British Museum.

Varaha as the left head in the Vaikuntha Chaturmurti icon of Vishnu. Mathura, Gupta period, mid-5th century CE. Boston Museum.

Varaha with his consort on his lap, worshipped as a subsidiary deity in the Sundaravarada Perumal temple dedicated to Vishnu.

Print from the Ravi Udaya Vijaya Press of Raja Ravi varma painting