I came across a reference that one of the Avatars of Vishnu had three manifestations!
And that is Vamana, the Dwarf Avatar to correct the errant Mahabali.
After being granted three steps by his feet, Vamana took Cosmic Form, measured by one foot, the earth:the second Heavens and the the third, for want of place, Mahabalis Head.
Vamana then pushed Mahabali down the earth.
Vamana also granted the boon to Mahabali to visit his subjects once a year and this day is celebrated as Onam Festival by people from Kerala.
Vamana is the child of Adhitya and Kashyapa and Vamana, an Avatar of Vishnu is listed as one of the twelve Adityas(all born of Adithi and Kasyapa) along with Vishnu, one of the Three Divinities of Hinduism.
And this is rare.
None of the Avatars of Vishnu is listed as an Aditya.
There is also some reference in later texts there were three Vamana Avatars!
I am reproducing the information below.
To the best of knowledge there is no authentic source for the three Vamana Avatars in the Eighteen Puranas, Upapuranas and the Ithihasas.
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But according to Rupa Goswami, an Acharya of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect (which the popular organization ISKCON is a part of), this isn’t the first time that Vishnu has incarnated as a dwarf;hereis what he says in his Laghu-Bhagavatamrita:
Lord Vamana appeared three times in this kalpa. During the reign of the first (Svayambhuva) Manu, He visited the sacrifice performed by Vaskala, the king of the danavas. Then, in the reign of Vaivasvata Manu, and visited the sacrifice performed by Dhundhu. Then, in the seventh catur-yuga of that manvantara, He appeared as the son of Kasyapa and Aditi. In this way, to accept a donation, He appeared three times as Lord Trivikrama.
The third incarnation is the famous one I discussed above. But my question is, what is the story of Vishnu’s two earlier Vamana incarnations, involving Vashkala and Dhundhu? Are these described in Hindu scriptures?
Are there any commentaries on Rupa Goswami’s work that shed light on this?’
So are the Quadrilateral Temple of Shiva in US, Hanuman and His son Makaradwaja’s temple In Mexico, Honduras,Marriage customs in central America follow Hindus,caste system of Sanatana dharma was present in central America , festivals like Makara Sankaranti were celebrated Tamil Style there.
I have articles on these issues.
Hinduism states that the earth is hollow and there are beings that live there and modern research proves this
I have written on this in my post Hollow Earth Hinduism.
Researches by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval as 10,500 BC as the date when the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx were constructed in Egypt.
Vishnu as Vamana
‘Since I identify Rasatala with east coast of Africa, it follows that the civilization that created these structures could be belonging to the Asura Daitya tribe of Mahabali (his predecessors or successors).
Africa (including Egypt) also falls midway to Patala (identified with South America and Meso America) which was the final destination of Mahabali as per the Onam myth.
As per this myth Mahabali was sent to Rasatala and Patala by a Kasyapa sage named Vamana who famously measured the Earth in three strides (an allusion to the cartographic measurement of the surface of Earth marking its longitude and latitude).Kerala has yet another calender with New Year (named Vishu, Vaishakhi) celebrated on the day when sun is in the middle of constellation of Aries (skt. Mesha, mal. Medam) around April 15. This calender is the remnant of another ancient calender system when Vernal Equinox was in the middle of constellation of Aries (corresponding to 3100 BCE). Modern Western Astrology which which considers Aries as the first constellation, originated in 2150 BCE in Greece. India’s national calender, (current version:- Saka Era which started at 78 CE) too consider Aries as the first constellation of the year.}’
‘In Kerala, Onam is celebrated when the Moon is at the star Sravana during the month when Sun is in the constellation of Leo (skt. Simha, mal. Chingam). People of Kerala, Malayalis, celebrate New Year on the day when the sun enters the constellation of Leo following a calender named ‘Kolla Varsham’. The current version of this calender started in common era 825 CE (the year of death of the famous sage Sankaracharya / the date when the city Kollam is reopened after it was destroyed due to a natural disaster). However this calendar is the remnant of a much ancient calender established when Vernal Equinox was in the constellation of Leo, around 10,500 BCE to 8000 BCE.’
It may be mentioned that Onam festival is celebrated in Kerala ,India as the day of remembrance of Mahabali who was pushed back into Earth by Vamana , an Avatar of Vishnu.
This event might be an allegory just as the Naabhi of Vishnu(belly button) from which Brahma sprang forth to create the World is the explanation of an Astronomical event.
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