Lord Vishnu, the maintainer God of the universe, and one of the Trinity (the three principal Gods of Hindu pantheon,Brahma, the creator and Shiva, the destroyer being the other two) incarnated many times to protect the devotees and noble people and destroy the evil and miscreants.His incarnations are called Avatars.Ten of them are prominent and they are collectively called Dashavatars.These Dashavatars are,Matsya (Fish),Kurma (Tortoise),Varaha (Wild Boar),Narasimha(Half man,half lion),Vamana (Dwarf Brahmin), Parashurama (Rama with axe),Lord Rama,Lord Krishna,Lord Buddha, and Lord Kalki.Nine avataras have taken place and Kalki is yet to take place at the end of Kaliyuga, the present age of quarrel.The Lord,as he says in the Bhagavadgita, incarnates again and again to protect the good and destroy the evil.The stories of Dashavatars are very fascinating,amusing and evoke moral, righteousness, and devotion in us.The Amar Chitra Katha series of comics has brought out Dashavatar in a beautiful special issue with wonderful narration and pictures.This is good to be read by young and old alike.
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