The idea of the 10 avatars of Vishnu was to illustrate how Vishnu, the protector of the world, is able to incarnate into various animals and human figures, each with a specific purpose, to ensure the maintenance of the world’s order and rightness and to protect it from evil. For instance, the story of Varaha, the boar avatar, illustrates Vishnu’s’ limitless ability to protect the earth. As the story goes, the demon Hiranyaksha gathered up the earth and, which was personified by the goddess Bhudevi, and plunged into the ocean to hide it within its depths. All of the gods began to worry and cried out to Vishnu for help. Vishnu then took the form of a boar, Varaha, and dove into the ocean to retrieve the earth. After slaying the demon, Vishnu,…
