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The first brief account of the legend of Vamana in the Agni Purana, consisting of only 7 verses (or Slokas), has been quoted above in full. Notably, despite only being two paragraphs in length, it seems to contain all the fundamentals of the legend (i.e. more elaborate accounts consisting of several chapters still follow the same steps or formula):
The Vamana Purana (Sanskrit: वामन पुराण, IAST: Vāmana Purāṇa), is an ancient Sanskrit text that is at least 1,000 years old and is one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hinduism. [1] The text is named after one of the incarnations of Vishnu and probably was a Vaishnava text in its origin. [1]
Vamana temple (Devanagri:वामन मंदिर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vamana, an avatar of the god Vishnu. [1] The temple was built between 1050 and 1075. [1] It forms part of the Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site listed because of its exceptional architecture, art, and testimony to the Chandela dynasty.
Vamanapuram is located at 8°41′0″N 76°56′0″E on Main Central Road, approximately 32 km from Thiruvananthapuram in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala.
There is no consensus among scholars about the period in which Vemana lived. C.P. Brown, known for his research on Vemana, estimates his year of birth to be 1652 based on some of his verses.
Vamana, after getting the consent of the King, started to measure the three feet of land he wanted. But prior to that, he grew in size to unimaginably large, and then he measured the land he wanted in just two steps - the first covering all-sky, and the second taking up all earth, and therefore in effect, covered the whole of Mahabali's kingdom.
Vamana teaching king Mahabali, 1672 Dutch painting. The festival has ancient origins and is intricately linked with Hindu mythology. [19] Literary and epigraphical evidence suggests that Onam has a long religious context and history in Kerala and neighbouring parts of South India: [19]
The eight Matrikas riding different vahanas like (top row, second from left to right) Garuda, a peacock, Nandi bull, a hamsa (goose/swan); (bottom row, from left) buffalo, elephant and lion