Book of Vishnu

Vishnu the Supreme Being is the preserver the protector of the good and the guardian of dharma. Seated on Adi Shesha the many-hooded serpent in the primeval waters he watches over his devotees and rewards the pious. And whenever dharma is in danger he incarnates himself on earth to rid it of evil. Beginning with an investigation of the possible non-Vedic Dravidian origins of Vishnu this book describes his form aspects and attributes and his avatars or incarnations: Matsya the fish; Kurma the tortoise; Varaha the boar; Narasimha the man-lion; Vamana the dwarf; Parashurama; Rama; Krishna; and Kalki the final destroyer. Combining the skill of a storyteller with the insight of a scholar Nanditha Krishna has brought to glorious life perhaps the most powerful and revered god in the Hindu pantheon.