India: 'Narasimha Disemboweling Hiranyakashipu', as Prahlada and his mother look on. Watercolour folio from the Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord), Himachal Pradesh, Nurpur, c. 1760-1770. Prahlada is a character from the Puranic texts of Hinduism, wherein he is famed for his exclusive devotion (bhakti) to Vishnu, despite attempts in the story by his father, Hiranyakashipu, to turn him to the contrary. He is considered to be a mahājana, or great devotee, by followers of Vaishnava traditions and is of special importance to devotees of the avatar of Narasimha, the Man-Lion.

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