Smithsonian Institution

Individual Media Tours for the Exhibition “Vishnu’s Cosmic Ocean”

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art 1050 Independence Ave. S.W.
The New Indian Express

Vishnu: The God of grace, creator of solar year

In Rigveda, Vishnu is not a very prominent god. He is one of the Adityas—sons of Aditi, the mother of gods. He is associated with Sun and Fire, who are major gods. Vishnu is the god of grace. He ...
Timeslife on MSN

If Lord Vishnu is the preserver of life, why did he have no children?

In Hindu mythology, lineage is never incidental. Gods create, inherit, and pass on their essence just as humans do, sometimes ...
Speaking Tree

Dashavatara : ten avatars of Vishnu, the Hindu God

1. Dashavatara refers to the ten avatars of Vishnu, the Hindu God of universal preservation. Dashavatara (Sanskrit: अवतार, derives from daśa, meaning 'ten' and avatāra, meaning 'descent'). God Vishnu ...
Le Monde.fr

Cambodia's 'Mona Lisa,' a large bronze statue of Vishnu, is due to be examined in Paris

A bronze bust of the four-armed god Vishnu from the West Mebon temple, Angkor, Cambodia. Photographed between 1962 and 1966 at the National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. LUC IONESCO/EFEO According ...