This painting shows Lord Parasurama, an avatar of Lord Vishnu, asking Lord Varuna, the God of the waters, to recede so that the land known as Kerala from Kanyakumari to Gokarna for the Brahmins can be formed. Several myths and legends persist concerning the origin of Kerala. One such myth is that Parasurama, a warrior sage, created it. […]
Om raam raam om raam raam om parashu hastaay namah Parashurama is the sixth avatar among the Dashavatara of the preserver god Vishnu. He is destroyer of the evil on this planet. He is also known as Jamadagnya Rama, Bhargava Rama, Ramabhadra and Virarama. He is one of the Chiranjivis (Immortals), who will appear at
Parasurama shoots Bhisma in the presence of Amba An illustration from a dispersed manuscript of the Razmnama, the abridged Persian translation of the Mahabharata: Parasurama shoots Bhisma , ca. 1616
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Portrait of Parashurama by Raja Ravi Varma relating to Keralolpathi, that deals with the origins and legends of Kerala, India Vishnu’s sixth avatar Parashurama. Dimesions: height: 35 cm (13.7 in); width: 25 cm (9.8 in)
Meeting of Rama and Parashurama The painting (size 24.8 x 15.9 cm) illustrates folio 76 of a large MS. of the Balakanda of Valmiki’s Ramayana, painted by Manohar for one Acharya Jasavant, in V.S. 1706 (A.D. 1649) at Udaipur in Rajasthan. To the left are Rama and his brothers on chariots accompanied by Dasaratha, who