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In Hinduism, Prahlada was a son of Hiranyakashipu, a Daitya who hated the devas, and most especially, Lord Vishnu, the followers of whom he began to torment. Prahlada is known particularly for his steadfast devotion to Lord Vishnu, while defying his father and not losing his faith despite Hiranyakashipu's several attempts to coerce and even kill him. Hinduism (Sanskrit/Hindi: हिनà¥à¤¦à¥ धरà¥à¤®; also known as SanÄtana Dharma - सनातनॠधरà¥à¤®, and Vaidika Dharma - वैदिक धरà¥à¤®) is a worldwide religious tradition that is based on the Vedas, and is the direct descendant of the Vedic religion. ...
In Hinduism, Hiranyakashipu (or Hiranyakasipu) was a demon whose younger brother, Hiranyaksha was killed by Varaha, one of the avatars of Vishnu. ...
In Hinduism, the Daityas were the children of Diti. ...
A Deva, in Hinduism, is a deity, controlling forces of nature such as fire, air, etc. ...
For other uses of the name Vishnu, see Vishnu (disambiguation). ...
The Devotee The story of Prahlada is told in the Seventh book of the Srimad Bhagavatam. It is a fascinating account of how one who is devoted to the Lord in toto is never let down by Him and how the recitation of God's names as the only and final resort is the gateway to reach the Lotus Feet of the Lord. The Bhagavata Purana (sometimes rendered as Bhagavatha Purana), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, written c. ...
Hiranyakashipu had performed severe penance in order to obtain the boon of immortality from Brahma. However, on being denied the boon of immortality, he instead obtained a boon which prevented him from being killed by neither man nor animal, neither at night nor during day, neither inside nor outside, neither on earth nor in space, and neither by an animate nor by an inanimate weapon. Equipped with the power of this boon from Brahma, which Hiranyakashipu thought made it impossible for him to be killed, he began to attack the devas. While he was away on one of his campaigns, the divine sage Narada visited Hiranyakashipu's wife who was pregnant with Prahlada. Narada started reciting the stories of great devotees of Vishnu to her, but his narration was really directed at Prahlada, who was listening to the stories from within his mother's womb. Due to this fortuitous event, Prahlada was a convinced and confirmed devotee of the Lord right from his birth and he turned out to be not just an ordinary devotee, but one who set an extraordinary standard for exemplary devotion to the Supreme Almighty. Penance is the actual name of the Catholic Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation (also called Confession). ...
Brahma (written Brahmā in IAST transliteration) (Devanagari ब्रह्मा, pronounced as brÉ™hmα:) is the Hindu creator god, and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. ...
Brahma (written Brahmā in IAST transliteration) (Devanagari ब्रह्मा, pronounced as brÉ™hmα:) is the Hindu creator god, and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. ...
(Click here if you were looking for the band also called Narada) Narada Narada is the Hindu divine sage, who is an enduring chanter of the name Hari. ...
Attempts to kill Prahlada Hiranyakashipu was furious at Prahlada for being a devotee of Vishnu, whom he despised. He attempted to show off his own greatness and tried to demonstrate how he was even greater than Vishnu, but Prahlada refused to be convinced. Hiranyakashipu then made many attempts to have Prahlada killed. These attempts included: - having Prahlada hold a hot pole
- making him jump off a steep cliff
- getting an elephant to trample him
- piercing him with spears from all sides
- administering poison
- setting snakes on him to bite him
None of these could harm Prahlada, for he was always chanting and repeating the 'Om Namo Narayanaya' mantra. A mantra is a religious syllable or poem, typically from the Sanskrit language. ...
Holi Another one of Hiranyakashipu's attempts to kill him, was to have Prahlada sit on a burning pyre with his siter Holika. (This story however is not in the Bhagavatam, which is the original source for Prahlada's story). Holika had a special gift that prevented her from being harmed by fire. Once again Prahlada chanted Vishnu's name and in the battle of good against evil, Holika was burnt but Prahlada escaped unhurt. The burning of Holika is celebrated as the Holi festival which is popular in northern India. Holi or Phagwah (Bhojpuri) is an annual Hindu spring festival. ...
Narasimha In one of his confrontation with Prahlada, Hiranyakashipu asked him in rage if Vishnu was omnipresent, if he was in a particular pillar in his palace. When Prahlada answered that he was, to prove him wrong, Hiranyakashipu smashed the pillar, but to his surprise, Narasimha (Vishnu's avatar) emerged from it. Narasimha (nara - meaning man, simha - meaning lion, thus Narasimha is half-man and half-lion) was neither human nor animal and he appeared during twilight (neither day nor night). Narasimha then grabbed Hiranyakashipu, and while on the threshold of the entrance to the courtyard (neither inside nor out), laid him on his thighs (neither on earth, nor in space), and using nails (neither animate nor inanimate) ripped open Hiranyakashipu's stomach and killed him. A monolithic statue of Narasimha at Hampi. ...
In Hinduism, an avatar or avatara (Sanskrit अवतार), is the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of an Immortal Being, or of the Ultimate Supreme Being. ...
Places of Pilgrimage The main places of pilgrimage associated Prahlada are those places where Sri Narasimha is believed to have manifested himself in order to aid Prahlada. They are Ahobilam, Kadiri, and Simhachalam all located in the present-day state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Ahobilam is a major center of pilgrimage in south India. ...
Simhachalam is an ancient temple situated near the city of Visakhapatnam, about 11 Km from the city, situated at a height of 244 m on Simhagiri Hill. ...
Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధà±à°° à°ªà±à°°à°¦à±‡à°¶à± in Telugu) (Ä€ndhra PrÄdesh), is a state in south-eastern India and is part of the linguistic-cultural region of South India. ...
Raghavendra Swami Followers of the Madhva sect believe that Prahlada was reincarnated as the great saint, Raghavendra Swami, in the seventeenth century. Madhva can refer to: Shri Madhvacharya, Vaishnavite saint and founder of Dvaita school of thought, at Pajaka, Udupi a person belonging to the Dvaita school of thought This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Raghavendra Swami (1601-1671), one of the influential saints in Hinduism, lived in the 17th century. ...
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