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RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY

 

 

 

  Prahlada

 

India

A fresco depicting Prahlada, who was hated by his father Hiranyakashipu (fig.) for worshipping the god Vishnu, standing by with his mother whilst Narasimha, the 4th avatar of Vishnu as a man-lion, claws his father to death on his lap.

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