Many Puranas and epics explicitly mention Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu. These texts include: Vishnu Purana (3.18): Describes ... Rooted in ancient texts, this notion reflects Hinduism’s ...

Mohini, the goddess of enchantment, was an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He took on the deceptively attractive and irresistible female form to defeat the asuras after the Samudra Manthana, as they ...

and is the largest and best-known of all the Vishnu temples in this sacred and ancient town. The utsava-murti of Varadaraja Perumal is taken in procession to many of the smaller Vishnu temples in ...

One of the earliest references to Kalki has been found in the Mahabharata. Various puranas like Vishnu Purana, Garuda Purana, ...