Vishnu

﻿Vishnu

Vishnu is the preserver god. He is male. Vishnu some times has blue skin. He has four arms and many avatars come from Vishnu. For example Narasimha, Buddha, Kalki (who has not yet come to the world yet), Matsya, Kurma and many more. His symbols are the white conch shell, rotating disk, golden mace, and lotus flower with four arms. He controls all of the life on earth. He appears if someone is in need of help or he needs to fight evil. In most of the creation stories he appears in a cobra to protect him. 

The lotus is one of his symbols and it is the symbol of ascending to divinity and detachment from the world. Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva make up the Hindu trinity. Just like the Christianity, the father, son, spirit.and the holy. In his pictures he appears with a lotus flower, a club, a spinning disk, and a conch shell. Sometimes standing or sitting in a lotus flower or in a cobra. And when he is in a cobra it is a sign of protection. Also he is sometimes seen with his brothers Brahma and Shiva as seen below. Also seen with in very nice clothes. Also near, or in water most of the time. 

Family

Some people say that Vishnu has no parents. Because he is a god he has no birth and no death.

This is his family Ammavaru (mother), Kin Dasaratar ( father) @Brahma, @Shiva (brothers), @Lakshmi (wife) @Ganga, Padma (daughters), Kama (son)

﻿ Festival

His festival is called Vaikuntha Ekadasi and the last time that is was celebrated was December 28th/29th 2009. The people that celebrate this fast and pray to Vishnu. In some temples people celebrate for over five days.

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Myth

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 Lord Vishnu was impressed by the might of Bali. Lord Vishnu was so pleased that he promised him divine protection and immortality until Bali was crowned warrior king of the heavens, and god of war and storm. To keep his promise, Lord Vishnu left his palace in the heaven and started guarding Bali. Surprised at this, Goddess Lakshmi decided to bring Lord Vishnu back to his amazing palace.

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