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Detailed explanation-1: -Varaha is most commonly associated with the legend of lifting the Earth (personified as the goddess Bhudevi) out of the cosmic ocean. When the asura Hiranyaksha stole the earth and hid her in the primordial waters, Vishnu appeared as Varaha to rescue her.

Detailed explanation-2: -Udayagiri caves contain iconography of Hinduism and Jainism . They are notable for the ancient monumental relief sculpture of Vishnu in his incarnation as the man-boar Varaha, rescuing the earth symbolically represented by Bhudevi clinging to the boar’s tusk as described in Hindu mythology.

Detailed explanation-3: -Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, appears out of Brahma’s nostril as he contemplates how to retrieve her. Varaha grows to an enormous size and rescues the earth.