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INDIAN CULTURE
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One of the incarnations of Vishnu is represented in art as raising the Earth from the Ocean. Identify Him from the given options:
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Matsya
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Kurma
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Nrisingha
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Varaha
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Varaha is generally listed as third in the Dashavatara, the ten principal avatars of Vishnu. Varaha is most commonly associated with the legend of lifting the Earth (personified as the goddess Bhudevi) out of the cosmic ocean.
Detailed explanation-2: -This divine purpose was the restoration of Dharma or righteousness and to save the planet and the good people from the hands of evils, demons or Asuras. The third avatar of Lord Vishnu is the Varaha Avatar [Varaha meaning “boar” in Sanskrit] which he took in the Satya Yug.
Detailed explanation-3: -The god Vishnu came to earth as Vamana, his fifth avatar, to defeat him. Vamana appeared as a dwarflike Brahmin.
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