by Varaha. The deity Varaha derives its name from the Sanskrit word varaha (Devanagari: वराह, varāha) meaning "boar" or "wild boar". The word varāha is...

Varāhamihira (c. 20/21 March 505 – c. 587), also called Varāha or Mihira, was a Hindu astrologer-astronomer who lived in or around Ujjain in present-day...

The Varaha Purana (Sanskrit: वराह पुराण, Varāha Purāṇa) is a Sanskrit text from the Puranas genre of literature in Hinduism. It belongs to the Vaishnavism...

The Varaha River (or Varahanadhi) is a small river that flows through the town of Periyakulam in Theni district of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It...

The Varaha Temple at Khajuraho (Devanagri: वराह मंदिर) enshrines a colossal monolithic image of Varaha, the boar avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. This temple...

Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Simhachalam, is a Hindu temple situated on the Simhachalam Hill Range,which is 300 metres above the sea level in the...

to Dēvī Mahābhāgavata Purāṇa, she is mentioned as "Viṣṇupriyā". In the Varāha Purāṇa's Triśakti Māhātmya, she originated from Trikalā (the goddess who...

Sreevaraham Lakshmi Varaha Temple, locally known as Sreevaraham Temple, is a Hindu temple in Sreevaraham, Thiruvananthapuram, near to the Padmanabhaswamy...

town is notable for a series of medieval temples. The most famous are the Varāha Narasiṃha temple and Suvarṇeśvara temple in the town, and a third temple...

The Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāha Mihira. The third year of the ninth Yuga is known as Soumya. According to The Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varāha Mihira, mankind will...

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...

Varaha Cave Temple (i.e., Varaha Mandapa or the Adivaraha Cave) is a rock-cut cave temple located at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of...

Matsya; Kurma; Varaha; Narasimha; Vamana; Parashurama; Rama; Balarama; Buddha; and Kalki The Agni, Padma, Garuda, Linga, Narada, Skanda and Varaha Puranas mention...

Varaha Upanishad (Sanskrit: वराह उपनिषद्, "boar") is a minor Upanishad of Hinduism composed between the 13th and 16th centuries CE. Composed in Sanskrit...

with the god Vishnu’s third avatar, Varaha, who rescues her from the demon Hiranyaksha. After this rescue, Varaha marries Bhumi, and they have a son named...

ISBN 978-0-19-509984-3. BECKER, CATHERINE (2010). "NOT YOUR AVERAGE BOAR: THE COLOSSAL VARĀHA AT ERĀṆ, AN ICONOGRAPHIC INNOVATION". Artibus Asiae. 70 (1): 127. ISSN 0004-3648...

Penmetsa Varaha Venkata Suryanarayana Raju (born 6 July 1966) also known as Suresh Babu, is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is son of Penumatsa...

Academic. pp. 16–22 with footnotes. ISBN 90-04-07772-3. Debala Mitra, ’Varāha Cave at Udayagiri – An Iconographic Study’, Journal of the Asiatic Society...

Sri Sri Lakshmi Varaha Swamy Temple (Odia: ଶ୍ରୀ ଶ୍ରୀ ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀବରାହ ସ୍ବାମୀ ମନ୍ଦିର) is a 500-year-old Indian temple dedicated to Varaha, the boar incarnation...

Varahagiri Venkata Giri (pronunciation; 10 August 1894 – 24 June 1980), better known as V. V. Giri was an Indian politician and activist who served as...

Rajkumar Yogi Babu, Dinesh Kumar, Upasana RC, Chaams Discover studios, Varaha Swamy Films Niyathi Naveen Kumar Naveen Kumar, Anjana Babu, Theni Murugan...

god Vishnu (centre) surrounded by his ten major avatars, namely Matsya; Kurma; Varaha; Narasimha; Vamana; Parashurama; Rama; Krishna; Buddha, and Kalki...

by the Vijayanagara Empire was the gold Pagoda in English or Varaha of 3.4 gr. The Varaha was also called the Hon, Gadyana or a Pon and came in the Ghattivaraha...

Purana Agni Purana Shiva Purana Linga Purana Kūrma Purana Skanda Purana Varaha Purana Markandeya Purana Upavedas Ayurveda Dhanurveda Gandharvaveda Sthapatyaveda...

Purana Agni Purana Shiva Purana Linga Purana Kūrma Purana Skanda Purana Varaha Purana Markandeya Purana Upavedas Ayurveda Dhanurveda Gandharvaveda Sthapatyaveda...

Hinduism, Hiranyakashipu's younger brother, Hiranyaksha, was slain by the Varaha (wild boar) avatar of Vishnu. Angered by this, Hiranyakashipu decided to...

Nārasiṁha Samāna Āgneya Soma Mānava Tatpumān Vaikuṇṭha Lakṣmī Sāvitrī Aghora Varāha Vairaja Gaurī Māheśvara Pitṛ The Vayu Purana has a different list of names...

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...

(float festival) at Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamyvari Temple in Simhachalam. The Utsava idols are taken in a palanquin to Varaha Pushkarini. Hinduism...

1401. "The glorious Aniruddha should be Varaha who rescued the Earth" in Rangarajan, Haripriya (1997). Varāha Images in Madhya Pradesh: An Iconographic...