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RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY

 

 

 

  Hiranyaksha

 

India

A fresco of Hiranyaksha being crushed by the boar Varaha (fig.), the 3rd avatara of Vishnu, for abducting the Earth and hiding it on the bottom of the cosmic ocean. Here, Varaha is depicted lifting the Earth with his tusks.

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