Narasimha disembowelling Haranyakasipu in front of his son and two female attendants. Chromolithograph.

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26344i
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Haraṇyakaśipu was the King of the Daityas

Narasiṃha is the man-lion incarnation of Vishnu, who disembowelled Haraṇyakśipu for disapproving his son's worship of Vishnu

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1 print : oleograph tipped onto cloth

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Shri Narasimha Avatar. Lettering in Devanagari script Lettering continues in pencil: "Narasim-havatara - Vishnu killing Hiranya (King of the Daityas)"

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Wellcome Collection 26344i

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