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➡️ #AnanthaPadmanabha Vratha (Tit-bits)

#ANANATHA is also popularly called as #PadmaNabHa the one who has a Lotus like navel or the one who has Lotus in the navel. #AnantHaPadManabHa is none other than #Vishnu the Supreme God;

Significance of #14 in #AnantaPadmanabha Vratha ++
> It is performed on the #14th Lunar day #Chaturdasi.

> This vratha is performed for 14 years before it is concluded with Udyaapana.

> Lord Vishnu is worshiped with 14 varieties of flowers, fruits and dishes.
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Another significant feature in this vratha is worshiping Lord #Anantha with a #red coloured silk thread having 14 knots called #Thora.

A special sweet dish made with wheat flour and jaggery is prepared in 28 # and half of it is given to a Brahmana after Nivedana to #Anantha.++
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#Vaisakha #Sukla #Chaturdasi is reckoned as Sri #Nrusimha Jayanthi the day Bhagawan #Vishnu manifested in a very ferocious, rare, unique and fascinating form #NARASIMHA;

#WHY THIS #RARE FORM?
Specific purpose of this avathara was,

protection of his devotee #PraHlada from his demon father #Hiranyakasipa;

#establish a point & to make true the words of his devotee " existence (#omnipresent) of God everywhere"

> Prahlada’s episode proves that, God is #Bhaktavatsala; +
To kill the demon Hiranyakasipa, Lord Vishnu had to take this rare form in order to counteract/provide an antidote to the boons Hiranyakasipa had.

The boons were; ++
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