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Statue of a Hindu god in Muktinath, Nepal

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Creator
Margery H. Freeman
Date created
September 30, 1984
Location
Muktinaath, Nepal
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An statue of the Hindu god Vishnu in Muktinath, Nepal

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This is a statue of the Hindu god Vishnu in his Narasimha avatar. An avatar is an incarnation of a god in some other physical or spiritual form. Hindu gods have many avatars. Narasimha means half-human and half-lion, and he is thought of as the “great protector.”