The Matsya Dwadashi rituals begin with a purifying bath at dawn. After cleansing oneself, devotees set up an altar to honour Lord Vishnu in his Matsya form. Here’s how to perform the puja step-by-step ...

On Chaitra Shukla Tritiya, the third day of the waxing phase of the Chaitra month, Matsya Jayanti, or the appearance day of Matsya Avatar of Lord Vishnu, is observed. The day usually falls during the ...

In Hindu mythology, Matsya is the first avatar of Vishnu. According to ancient texts, Vishnu appeared in the form of a fish during the Satya Yuga to save living beings from a great flood - a story ...

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The Matsya avatar was the first among the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu to depict the genesis of life in water. Lord Vishnu took this avatar to kill the evil king Hiranyakashipu. This avatar is ...

Nagalapuram, approximately eighty km from Chennai, houses the Vedanarayana Svami temple, a unique shrine for God Vishnu’s first incarnation as a fish (Matsya Avatara).. According to the traditional ...