Navarathri Script

Navarathri stories
Hello! I give a hearty welcome to all of you to our Navarathri

golu. Now for these nine days of Navarathri I am going to
explain the adventures and sagas behind our golu dolls.
Now starting with the first and top most step, we have the
dasavatharam set.
The dasavatharam or the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu represent
the evolution of man. The first avatar which is Matsya or the
fish is a water animal which can only survive on water. The
Matsya avatar was taken during the Satya Yuga to save the
people of this planet from an extremely powerful flood which
could destroy whole of mankind.
The second avatar which is Kurma or the tortoise is an
amphibian which is an animal that can survive both on land
and water. The Kurma avatar was taken during the churning of
the ocean where the devas and the asuras were churning
Mount Mandara for the Amrit, the elixir of life During
churning when the massive mountain had started sinking,
Lord Vishnu took a form of a tortoise to act as a strong
foundation for the mountain.
In the third avatar of Lord Vishnu, we have the Varaha or the
wild boar which is a land animal. When a demon named
Hiranyaksha dragged the earth to the bottom of the sea, Lord
Vishnu took the form of a boar in order to rescue it. They
fought for about a thousand years. Lord Vishnu had taken the
earth on his tusks and rescued the planet as shown in the doll.
The fourth avatar of the dasavatharam is Narasimha. The
word Nara in Sanskrit means man and simha is lion.
Therefore, the word Narasimha means Half lion- half man.
The Narasimha avatar was an instant avatar taken to kill
Hiranyakashipu, an evil asura and thereby restoring peace and
dharma in the world.
In the fifth avatar of the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu we have
the Vamana avatar which means ‘dwarf’. The Vamana avatar
was the first avatar of Lord Vishnu taken in the Treta Yuga
after the avatar of Narasimha. The Vamana avatar was an
instant avatar Lord Vishnu to teach a lesson to the arrogant
king Mahabali who had conquered all the three worlds.
In the sixth avatar we have Parshuram who is a sage. The
Parshuram avatar was taken to establish dharma by killing all
the evil and arrogant kshatriyas in the society. Lord
Parashuram was called as a brahmin-kshatriya. He had killed
over 21 kshatriyas including Kartivirya Arjuna, another
kshatriya who had killed Parshuram’s father sage Bharadwaja.
The seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu was Rama, a warrior-king.
Lord Rama is the main protagonist of the Ramayana, a Hindu
epic written by sage Valmiki. The Rama avatar was taken to
give an example to all the people on how a man should lead a
life as a son, brother, husband, king, leader etc. Lord Ram is
an ideal example for all the people to follow. Lord Rama had
also killed Ravana, a demon who was the ruler of Lanka.
The eighth avatar of our dasavatharam set is Balarama.
Balarama is the elder brother of Lord Krishna, another avatar
of Lord Vishnu. The Balarama doll is shown as he is holding a
plough, which indicates that of the start of agriculture. Lord
Balarama is said to have been a very fair-skinned and bulky
man by look. Lord Balarama is said to have been an extremely
well-trained mace fighter.
In the ninth avatar of Lord Vishnu, we have Krishna. The
Krishna avatar was taken during the Dvapara Yuga to
establish dharma in the world. Lord Krishna is also a
character in the epic of Mahabharata which was written by
sage Vyasa. He sings the ‘Song of God’ which is the
Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna when the mighty warrior was in a
dilemma on whether it was right or not to fight against his
own relatives. Lord Krishna is known to be a charmer and a
very intelligent and witty person. The festival of Janmashtami
is celebrated in the birth of Lord Krishna.
The final and the last avatar of the Dasavatharam is Kalki.
Kalki is a futuristic avatar and is said to come in the end of the
Kaliyuga and destroy whole of the world of adharmi people.
The Kalki avatar is said to have been in a horse’s face and
having a sword as shown in the doll.
Like this if you see there is an evolution. From the first it is a
fish. Then it grows to be an amphibian where it can live both
on water and land, and then it becomes a wild animal, a boar.
Then slowly it progresses to a half man-half animal, the
Narasimha avatar. Then, it becomes a small man, a dwarf, the
Vamana avatar. Then Parashurama avatar, a sage. Then Rama,
a warrior. Then Balarama, Man starts agriculture. Then
Krishna, a smart man. And then at last, Kalki the destruction
of everything. So, this is about the dasavatharam set. Please
wait for tomorrow for another story! Bye!!

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