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Hindu Religious Studies 117 We get Him close to us in the figure of an Avotar. We get blessed at His nearness. He fulfills the d ...

118 Avotar (Incarnation) One day king Satyabrata was taking his bath in a pond. Then a 'Punti' fish came to the king and begged ...

Hindu Religious Studies 119 Kurma Avotar The gods started the process of churning. The mountain 'Mandar' was the churning stick. ...

120 Avotar (Incarnation) 3) Baraha Avotar: Once the earth was sinking down the sea. Then Shrihari appeared as Baraha or pig and ...

Hindu Religious Studies 121 Prahlad did not agree to do that. At this Hiranyakshipu got very angry with Prahlad. He tried to kil ...

122 Avotar (Incarnation) Thus Hiranyakshipu was killed. Devotees of Vishnu got rid of his oppression. 5) Bamana Avotar: Once the ...

Hindu Religious Studies 123 once Bamana took a huge size. He kept one step on the heaven and the other on the earth. There was n ...

124 Avotar (Incarnation) This Parshu was his weapon. No one could defeat him as long as he carried this axe in his hand. After t ...

Hindu Religious Studies 125 god took birth as Rama in the house of pious king Dasharatha. Rama with his wife Sita and brother La ...

126 Avotar (Incarnation) Balarama Avotar 9) Buddha Avotar: On this our earth eternal peace is never established. Disorder has ta ...

Hindu Religious Studies 127 The principle of his religion was, Serving creatures' andnon- violence is the absolute act of religi ...

128 Avotar (Incarnation) 9) Kalki Avotar: Present age is the 'Koli' age or Iron Age. The distinguishing characteristics of this ...

Hindu Religious Studies 129 Being stricken with the distress of the creatures he will start worshipping Mahadeva. He will get sk ...

130 Avotar (Incarnation) j. How did God in the form of Bamana make Bali go down under the earth? k. Who is Parshurama? How did h ...

Hindu Religious Studies 131 Put tick marks ( ) on correct answers: a) Avotar with the partial figure of Ishwara is called Angsh ...

Chapter Seven Moral Stories We know what is good and what is bad. This power of understanding good or bad is called morality. Ga ...

Moral Stories 133 These included a number of fruits, too. The bird Varondo used to eat those fruits. One day a beautiful fruit c ...

134 Hindu Religious Studies Though the mouths were two, the stomach was one. The Varondo bird survived no more. It fell dead. Va ...

Moral Stories 135 Exercise Answer the following questions: a. What are 'morality' and 'moral teaching'? b. What is the benefit ...

136 Hindu Religious Studies Match the words from the right side with the words in the left: Put tick marks ( ) on correct answe ...