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    Varaha (Sanskrit: वराह, lit. 'Boar', IAST: Varāha) is an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of an Indian boar. Varaha is listed as third in the...
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    Varahaswamy Temple (category Varaha temples)
    Rathasaptami, are held in the mukha mandapa of Varahaswamy Temple. Varaha Jayanti is also celebrated. Hindu Temples in Tirupati List of temples under...
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    Hanuman Jayanti (Sanskrit: हनुमज्जयंती, romanized: Hanumajjayantī) is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of the Hindu deity, and one of the protagonists...
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    a dimension of Indian civilization. Retrieved 24 September 2019. "'Varaha jayanti' today". The Hindu. 3 September 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 July...
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    Varaha temple, Simhachalam, is a Hindu temple situated on the Simhachalam Hill Range,which is 300 metres above the sea level in the city of Visakhapatnam...
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    The Bhu Varaha Swamy temple is a Hindu temple, located at Srimushnam, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in the South Indian style of...
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    Narasimha Jayanti (Sanskrit: नरसिंहजयंती, romanized: Narasiṃhajayantī, lit. 'Victory of Narasimha') is a Hindu festival that is celebrated on the fourteenth...
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    Panniyur Sri Varahamurthy Temple (category Varaha temples)
    temple in Kerala consecrated by Parasurama. The temple is dedicated to Varaha, the third avatar of Vishnu, who is positioned with Goddess Bhumi. The temple...
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    Anistoriton. Retrieved 8 January 2008. Kinsley p. 159, Varaha Purana verses 17.33–37 Rath, Jayanti (September–October 2007). "The Varahi Temple of Caurasi"...
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    ("Lord of the Meenas"/ "Fish-Lord"). Matsya Jayanti is celebrated as Meenesh Jayanti by the Meenas. The Varaha Purana and the Margashirsha-Mahatmya of the...
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    West Bengal, the festival is also referred to as Sri Krishna Jayanti or simply Sri Jayanti. People celebrate Janmashtami by fasting and worship until midnight...
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    brother of the evil Hiranyaksha, who had been previously killed by Vishnu as Varaha, and thus hated the latter. Hiranyakashipu gained a boon from Brahma due...
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     280. "Balaram Jayanti". Iskconbangalore.org. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013. "Balaram Jayanti 2010". Iskconbangalore...
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  • Puranic legends and avatars of Vishnu. Notably, all of them (Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, and Vamana) are listed as the first five avatars in the Dashavatara...
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    hill are Hindu temples. A carnival is organised every year at Mahavir Jayanti & Makar Sakranti. Mandar Parvat, is believed to place of three out of five...
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    these Hindu texts is scant, in contrast to the legends of Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Vamana, Narasimha, and Krishna, all of whom are repeatedly and extensively...
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    legend becomes one of the basis of many cosmogonic myth called the Varaha legend, with Varaha as an avatar of Vishnu. The Three Strides of Vishnu Several hymns...
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    Markendeya Purana narrative of Varaha, Brahma - identified with Narayana - decides to take the form of the boar Varaha, similar to the forms of the fish...
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    Murugan. Vaisakha sukla chaturdasi is celebrated as Narasimha Jayanti Festival in Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamivari Temple at Simhachalam. Hinduism...
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    Suryanarayana Temple, Arasavalli Suryanarayana Temple, Gollala Mamidada Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Simhachalam Varahaswamy Temple, Tirumala Vedadri...
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