An examination of Lord Vishnu’s Avatars reveal a curious fact.
- Matsya, the fish-avatar who saved Manu – the progenitor of mankind from the great deluge and rescued the Vedic scriptures by killing a demon. Story can be found in the Matsya Purana.
- Kurma, the tortoise-avatar, who helped in the Samudra manthan – the churning of the ocean. Story can be found in the Kurma Purana.
- Varaha, the boar-avatar, who rescued the earth from the ocean, by killing her kidnapper-demon Hiranyaksha. Story can be found in the Varaha Purana.
- Narasimha, the half man-half lion avatar, who killed the tyrant demon-king Hiranyakashipu, to rescue the demon’s son Prahlada, who was a Vishnu-devotee
- Vamana, the dwarf-avatar, who subdued the king Maha Bali. Story can be found in the Vamana Purana.
- Parashurama, sage with the axe who killed the thousand-armed king Kartavirya Arjuna
- Rama, the king of Ayodhya and the hero of the Hindu epic Ramayana
- Krishna, the king of Dwarka, a central characte
- Balarama, brother of Krishna and
- Kalki, yet to manifest.
Matsya is from the Ocean and as such we can not ascribe a location on the earth.
Kurma is in the Ocean again, but there is a Temple where Kurma avatar took place.
Kurmnatha is housed in Sri Kurmam Temple, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh.
Vamana Avatar was in Kerala and the place where Bali had his kingdom was on the banks of Narmada, where the capital of Bali was situuated.
The place Varaha killed Hiranyakasipu is in Nepal, V(B0araha Kshetra), yet there is legend that Varaha is from Tirupati which is Adivaraha Kshetra.
Narasimha is from Ahobilam ,Andhra Pradesh.
Parashurama Avatar is from the South, Kerala.
Kalki is expected t manifest in the South.
So, of the Ten Avatars of Vishnu,
One is in the Ocean,
Three from the North of Vindhyas(Rama, Krishna and Balarama) and
Six are from the South, Dravida.
It is also worth noting that the Avatars of Vishnu in the North starts from Rama and as on date has manifested upto Krishna/Balarama
This is an agreement with the. Bhagavatham Sloka which states that the ancestor of Lord Rama, Satyavrata Manu migrated with his two sons to Ayodhya because of floods in the Dravida.
The Flood in question relates to the this Floods in Hindu scriptures and Tamil Literature.
Hence it seems that the Sanatana Dharma flourished in the south and moved to North because of floods and Satyavrta Manu established the Sanatana Dharma in the North.
As Time is Cyclic in Indian Thought, I am researching about the earlier floods to find more clues.
There is this issue of the movement of Tectonic plates, shift of North and South Poles which need an examination with the help of Indian Scriptures and Literature.
Inputs with authentic links welcome.
Citation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar
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