Baraha / Varaha - third incarnation of Vishnu

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Baraha / Varaha - third incarnation of Vishnu

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Baraha or also called Varaha is the wild boar is the third incarnation of Vishnu. Baraha saved the world when after a demon took it to the bottom of the sea.

The Baraha Chhetra temple in the east of Nepal is dedicated to the fight of Baraha and the demon.
There is a seperate purana the describes the Baraha incarnation of Vishnu.

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