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: Gods who remove suffering #IndiaNEWS #Feature Articles By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Once upon a time, Vishnu came looking for his wife, Lakshmi, who left

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Gods who remove suffering #IndiaNEWS #Feature Articles
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist



Once upon a time, Vishnu came looking for his wife, Lakshmi, who left their house after a fight. During his search, he took residence in a termite hill under a tamarind tree. A cowherd came and gave him milk there. So he made that place his home, comforting devotees, assuring them that he will not let them drown in the ‘ocean of existence’. Where is this story from?



If you are from Andhra or Tamil Nadu, you are likely to say, Tirupati Balaji of Venkatachalam. If you’re from Maharashtra or Karnataka, you will say, Vitthala of Pandharpur. Both these deities were important in the Vijayanagar Empire in the 15th Century. The former was revered near the kingdom’s southern borders and the latter near the kingdom’s northern borders. Both these Gods are identified with Vishnu, especially his cowherd form Krishna. Neither have weapons in the hands and both place the hand near the hip pointing to how deep the ‘ocean of existence’ actually is for those who are devotees, thus assuring people not to fear ‘drownind&K]H[ZH[YHX[܈ZZHYYZZ[H[HY[H]YYHYHX[ؘ[ۈ[ [XYوZ[ٙ[KHYY܈[Z[HYKH[YHK[H
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