Lord Vishnu is
described as the Supreme Diety of
Trimurthi’s performing the responsiblity of Maintainance and Preservation of the Universe. He is also
called as MahaVishnu, Narayana and his followers are called as Vaishavas.
Vishnu’s consort is Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth seated at his feet in Skira Sagara(oean of milk) on Shesha Naga and
lives in Vaikunta . Lord Visnu is decribed as blue-coloured, fourhands, holding
a lotus flower indicating a gloruous existence of satya and dharma , a conch
shell on other hand (shanka) spread the divine sound “OM” a chakra in another hand (wheel-Sudharshana)
destroying the evil and devolping the eternal truth, and a mace (gada) providing the mental and
physical strength to the disciple. His Vahana is a eagle bird named as Garuda.
In Puranas,Vedas and
Hindu Mythology Lord Vishnu has 10 avastars, Dasavataras in which nine are
already occured and one is yet to be in
kali yug. Lord Vishnu is praised and worshipped with ” Vishnu
Sahastranamas” which are spoken by
Bhisma when he saw the Supreme Power of Vishnu while Maharatha. There are more
other puranas ,vedas conforming the Supremness of Lord Vishnu from which the
two epics “Bhagavad Gita”(krishna avatara) and Ramayana(rama avatara) which are
derived from the avataram of Lord MahaVishnu has helped mankind to lead a life
dharma and peacefully.
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