The Supreme Lord appeared as Narasimha Deva in Satyuga to protect His five-year-old devotee ‘Prahalad’ from his demoniac father Hiranyakashipu who was an atheist.
Hiranyakashipu took a special benediction from Lord Brahma that he can be killed neither by a man nor an animal, neither outside his house nor inside, neither in sky nor on ground, neither during the day nor at night and not even by any weapon.
The Lord very intelligently appeared at twilight in the form of half-lion half-man and killed the demon with sharp lotus like nails on His lap and rescued His beloved devotee. Thus, the Lord always protects those who take His shelter and always remember him.
This murti depicts the Malola Narasimha form among His nine forms. Here, the Lord is in a peaceful state as His divine consort Lakshmi Devi is seated on His lap. She is considered as the power of the Lord and calms His fury and thus, they are inseparable from each other. The Lord is seated on the coils of Ananta Shesha with five heads forming a canopy.
His left leg is folded gracefully on the Shesha throne and the four arms are holding different items; Sudarshan Chakra between the two fingers of the upper right hand, Conch Shell (Shankha) between the two fingers of the left hand, the lower right hand in Abhaya Mudra and the left hand resting on the left thigh. Lakshmi Devi, the Goddess of wealth, love and beauty blesses the devotees with both material and spiritual prosperity. Thus, this is the calmest form of the Lord.
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