Narasimha Caturdasi (The appearance of Lord Narasimha) Krishna Descends

• Krishna is God.

• He comes down to our planet Earth from the spiritual world.

• He sometimes comes dressed as himself and sometimes in dress up. The source of all incarnations • Krishna is the source – all avatars come from him.

• Just like an actor dresses up and has different parts in a drama. Do you remember the avatar song?

“Matsya, Kurma, Varaha Narasimhadeva and Vamana Parsurama and Rama Balaram and Buddha Kalki is the last of all to come in Kali Yuga.” Narasimhadeva

• He is the half-man half- lion avatar of Lord Krishna

• He came to protect his devotee Prahlad and to defeat the demon Hiranyakasipur Devotee in a Demon Family

• Prahlad was a great devotee of Lord Krishna at just 5 years old.

• He was born as the son of the terrible demon Hiranyakasipur.

• Hiranyakasipur bullied Prahlad because he worshipped Lord Krishna. Prahlad instructs his friends

• Prahlad was sent to school to learn how to be a demon king • Prahlad told his friends about worshipping Lord Krishna • He got a red card for doing that Pit of Snakes

• His consequence was to be put into a pit of poisonous snakes.

• What did he do?

• He chanted Krishna’s name and no harm came to him. Crushed by Elephants

• He was trampled by angry elephants.

• What did he do?

• He chanted Krishna’s name and no harm came to him. Burned by Fire

• Hiranyakasipur’s sister, Holika had a superpower protected her from fire.

• She took Prahlad and sat in the fire.

• Prahlad chanted Krishna’s name and she got burned instead of him. Thrown from a Mountain

• He was thrown off the top of a mountain.

• He chanted Krishna’s name and was protected. Prahlad Instructs his Friends

• Prahlad continued to teach his friends about Krishna. Lord Narasimhadeva saves his devotees • Lord Narasimhadeva protected Prahlad. • Does Prahlad find him scary? • Lord Narasimhadeva destroyed Hiranyakashipur. • Does Hiranyakasipur find him scary?