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Splendours of the Subcontinent: Four centuries of South Asian Paintings and Manuscripts: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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Varaha the boar

In Book 3 of the Bhagavata Purana, the demon Hiranyaksha steals the earth and drags her deep into the cosmic waters. Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, appears out of Brahma’s nostril as he contemplates how to retrieve her. Varaha grows to an enormous size and rescues the earth.
Indian School, Pahari style, 19th century

Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, appears from Brahma's nostril after the earth is inundated by a flood. circa 1810

38.5 x 30.5 cm (folio dimensions) | RCIN 925226

Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, appears from Brahma's nostril after the earth is inundated by a flood

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Indian School, Pahari style, 19th century

Varaha avatar lifts the earth from the bottom of the ocean circa 1810

38.5 x 30.5 cm (folio dimensions) | RCIN 925227

Varaha avatar lifts the earth from the bottom of the ocean

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