2017-04-05 Wed

Hindus worship various Gods and Goddess. But the most fundamental of Hindu deities are the Trinity- Brahma (The Creator), Vishnu (The Preserver or Sustainer) and Mahesh (The Destroyer).

The peace-loving deity of the Hindu Trinity, Vishnu is the steadfast principles of order, righteousness, and truth. He is said to descend in form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. These Avatars play a major role in shaping human evolution through centuries.

Here, we are starting a series of Incarnations of Lord Vishnu on Earth, where we will discuss all Dashavatar of Vishnu one by one.

Well... The story of the very first Avatar goes like this…

When the world was about to get extinct, Manu, the king was instructed by the Gods to rescue the life form on earth. And hence he chooses 1 male and 1 female from every species, also collects plants of different species and loads them all on the big ship that he has already built. The whole world was washed up in the rains and as a result, there was no land to stay.

A fish (Matsya Avatar) comes to the rescue. The ship was tied to the horn of the fish. The fish pulls the ship with great speed towards the Himalayas and keeps them there till the flood water recedes. The new era starts and the king helps in the procreation for the new era.

There is a beautiful stamp of India Post which depicts this scene of King Manu and Matsya Avatar of Vishnu. It has a face value of INR 5. Isn’t it beautiful?

Also, we see Matsya avatar on Nayak coin. Stay connected to know more about it, we will be back soon!