Origin and Development of Visnu Cult

The treatise deals with the concept which men entertain the divine or supernatural powers on the one hand and on the other, that sense of dependence of human being on those powers which find expression in various forms of worship. Vişnu is a great God of the Hindu Pantheon. In the Hindu religion, Vişnu, though a deity of the highest importance in the Braha manas, epics, and Puranas, Occupies but a subordinate position in the Rgveda. In the Rgveda, He is celebrated in several hymns. His anthropomorphic traits are frequently mentioned. Visņu appeared on earth in several forms. He took incarnations such as Matsya (fish), Kurma, (tortoise), Varaha (boar), Nara simha (man-lion), Vāmana (dwarf), Parasurama (Rāma with Krsna-Balarama, Buddha and axe), Rāma (Rāghava Rāma), Kalki as a saviour of the mankind or as a destroyer of demons or evil individual capacity or dependant as consort of Vişnu has gained the vaisnavas. unprecedented popularity with sakti established herself among other goddesses. She as Vişnu forces. Sri or Lakşmi either in her The role played by Vişnu in the religious life of the people of India ever the ages has been alienated in this volume in a lucid manner.