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The Bhagavata Purana and the Garuda Purana regard Matsya as the tenth of 22 avatars and describe him as the "support of the earth". [69] [37] The Ayidhya-Mahatmya of the Skanda Purana mentions 12 avatars of Vishnu, with Matsya as the 2nd avatar. Matsya is said to support Manu, plants and others like a boat at the end of Brahma's day (pralaya). [70]
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Matsya: The fish avatar. King Vaivasvata Manu finds a little fish in the palm of his hands when performing the tarpana (water-offering). The fish asks Manu if his riches and power was enough to give the fish a nice home.
Vedanarayana Temple or Matsya Narayana Temple is a Hindu temple in Nagalapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a Vaishnava temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu in the form of Matsya , the fish avatar, who is referred to as Matsya Narayana or Veda Narayana.
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There are a total of ten images featured in the Dasavatara shrine, standing upon a total of four steps, each depicting an incarnation of Vishnu. A magnified image of the Dashavatara upon the Dasavatara shrine. The first step features the Matsya avatar. The second step features the Kurma and Varaha avatars.
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The Sri Matsya Narayana Temple is the only temple in Karnataka dedicated to Sri Matsya Narayana Swamy. The Matsya avatara was the first incarnation of Hindu deity Vishnu among the dashavatara (ten avataras) of Vishnu. Matsya means ‘fish’ in Sanskrit [3] [4] and Matsya avatara is the incarnation of Vishnu in the form of a fish.