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Use this tag for questions regarding story identification, verse identification from scriptures and image identification of Hindu God, goddesses and characters from Hindu mythology.
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Is there any mythological/scriptural reference linking Periyachi with Narasimha
I recently came across the deity Periyachi Amman (See pic).
The iconography is very reminiscent of Narasimha (see other pic), though the story is rather different. However, the net import of the story …
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Request to identify swastika motif/yantra seen at temple in Hawalbagh, Almora
This appears to be what has been described to me orally as an "Akshaya Swastika", or never-ending swastika.
Would be very curious to know more about this location and it's history!
The only relevan …