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Vishnu's avatars

Vishnu defeats Mahabali in three steps

A Nepali devotee stands facing the large, colorful statue of Bhairava at Kala Bhairava temple in Kathmandu, reaching up to perform a ritual with offerings and garlands.

Stone relief showing Draupadi standing at the far right beside her five husbands, the Pandavas, at the Dashavatara Temple in Deogarh, India.

Krishna and Radha

$Marble statue of Sri Ramakrishna draped in pink cloth and garlands, seated cross-legged on a white pedestal, surrounded by colorful flower arrangements in a shrine.$

Avatars in a virtual meeting room

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Ganesha. Hinduism. Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu god of beginnings, figure on external walls of a South Indian Temple in Kerala, India.

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