INTRODUCTION :
Kurma is the great Avatar of Lord Vishnu. Kurma appears at the time of Churning of the ocean. He appears in the form of a divine tortoise. The Kurma avatar appears in Ancient Vedic texts, and he is a popular avatar among the vaishnavites. Once, sage Durvasa cursed the Devas (demi gods) to lose their powers because they did not respect him. In order to regain their power, the demi gods decided to churn the cosmic ocean of milk to get the divine drink (AMIRTHA). For churning the ocean of milk, they have used Mount Mandara, Serpent Vasuki and Lord Kurma. The Demons took the divine drink, and Lord Vishnu manifested himself as the beautiful Mohini and mesmerized the Demons, and then he distributed the divine drink to the Devas. The Devas after drinking the divine drink, had regained their powers, and defeated the demons easily. Temples for Lord Kurmanathar Kurma Temple in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh Sri Kurmam Temple in Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh Kurmanathar Temple in Chitradurga District of Karnataka Kurma Swamy Temple in Hooghly district of West Bengal
IMPORTANCE :
Lord Vishnu has taken this avatar mainly to give the divine power to devas by generating divine drink (AMIRTHA) from the ocean. Through this avatar, he has protected devas. Hence he was praised and worshiped by the demi gods.
CONCLUSION :
Lord Kurma is a great avatar of Lord Vishnu, who takes this avatar for restoring devas to their original power, and also to defeat the demons. Let us pray to Lord Kurma and be blessed.
“OM SREE KURMANATHASWAMIYE NAMAHA”
SENT BY
R.HARISHANKAR
