Beautiful Ancient Varaha Temple at Khajuraho

The Varaha Temple at Khajuraho enshrines a colossal monolithic image of Lord Varaha, the boar incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This temple depicts Varaha as a purely animal form.

Important: Please add news@indiadivine.org to your contacts list or our emails will be sent to your spam folder and you won't see them. If you are not interested in receiving these newsletters you may unsubscribe here. Beautiful Ancient Varaha Temple at Khajuraho Lord Vishnu appeared in the form of a Boar in order to defeat Hiranyaksha, a demon who had taken the Earth (Prithvi) and carried it to the bottom of what is described as the cosmic ocean in the story. The battle between Varaha and Hiranyaksha is believed to have lasted for a thousand years, which the former finally won. Varaha carried the Earth out of the ocean between his tusks and restored it to its place in the universe. Vishnu married Prithvi (Bhudevi) in this avatar.   This newsletter is sent to 316,073 subscribers. To subscribe: Subscribe To unsubscribe: Unsubscribe