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Splendours of the Subcontinent: Four centuries of South Asian Paintings and Manuscripts: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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Varaha the boar

In Book 3 of the Bhagavata Purana, the demon Hiranyaksha steals the earth and drags her deep into the cosmic waters. Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, appears out of Brahma’s nostril as he contemplates how to retrieve her. Varaha grows to an enormous size and rescues the earth.
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