Dattatreya () is considered by Hindus to be god who is an incarnation of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Siva.

In the Nath tradition, Dattatreya is recognized as an Avatar or incarnation of the Lord Shiva and as the Adi-Guru ( First Teacher ) of the Adinath Sampradaya of the Nathas.

In the Nath tradition, Dattatreya is recognized as an Avatar or incarnation of Shiva and as the Adi-Guru ( First Teacher ) of the Adinath Sampradaya of the Nathas.

Since Parameshvara subsumes all three members of the trimurti, Dattatreya is at once the incarnation of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma.

Guru Gobind Singh writes in Dasam Granth that Dattatreya was incarnation of Rudra.

Dattatreya incarnation of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Siva and his avatars-Shripad Shri Vallabha, Sri Nrusimha Saraswati and Swami Samarth Maharaj.

Sri Chakradhar Swami disclosed to His disciples that Dattatreya, like Him, was an incarnation of supreme lord, parmeshwar.

In due course, Anasuya bore Soma ( Brahma's incarnation ), Dattatreya ( Vishnu's ), and Durvasa ( Shiva's ).

Treta Yuga: Shri Dattatreya Prabhu ( incarnation )

Its founding is traditionally ascribed as an ideal reflected by the life and spiritual attainments of the guru Dattatreya, who was considered by many to have been a human incarnation of Lord Vishnu born to Rishi Atri and Anasuya mata.

# Dattatreya 1. 3. 11 – the combined avatar of the Hindu trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

Lord Dattatreya is worshiped by many as the Hindu trinity – Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva in one divine entity.

Dattatreya (, Dattātreya ) or Datta is a Hindu deity encompassing the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, collectively known as Trimurti.

From the period of Adikavi Pampa, who proclaimed his wish to be reborn as a little bee in the land of Kannada, Kannada poetry has come a long way to Kuvempu and Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre.

This leitmotif and sadhana is common to another denizen of the charnel ground, Dattatreya the avadhuta, to whom has been attributed the esteemed nondual medieval song, the Avadhuta Gita.

Dr. H. S. Joshi has written the book Origin and Development of Dattatreya Worship in India.

Vayu Purana extolls his virtues "" Having worshipped a portion of the divine being called Dattatreya, sprung from the race of Atri, he sought and obtained these boons, viz., a thousand arms and a golden chariot that went wheresoever he willed it to go ; the power of restraining wrong by justice ; the conquest of the earth and the disposition to rule it righteously ; invincibility by enemies, and death at the hands of a man who was more powerful than himself.

Considered to be the adi guru ( ancient spiritual teacher ) and founding deity of Aghor, Lord Dattatreya offered his own flesh to the young ascetic as prasād ( a kind of blessing ), conferring upon him the power of clairvoyance and establishing a guru-disciple relationship between them.

To Dattatreya, it meant a stage of realization of the Absolute Truth, where there was no longer any distinction to be felt, seen or experienced between the seeker and the sought.

Other key personnel included P. K. Iyengar, Rajagopala Chidambaram, Nagapattinam Sambasiva Venkatesan, and Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan under the supervision of Homi N. Sethna.

It is said that Lord Dattatreya spent some of his days at Audumber on the banks of river Krishna.

He is described as having a thousand hands and a great devotee of god Dattatreya.

Dattatreya is also called Adimurti.

Trinity blessed them with three sons being sons: Dattatreya, Chandraatri and Krishnaatri or Durvasa.

Although Dattatreya was at first a " Lord of Yoga " exhibiting distinctly Tantric traits, he was adapted and assimilated into the more devotional cults ; while still worshiped by millions of Hindus, he is approached more as a benevolent god than as a teacher of the highest essence of Indian thought.

Dattatreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara.

Innovatory puppeteers such as Tony Sarg, Waldo Lanchester, John Wright, Bil Baird, Joan Baixas, Sergei Obratsov, Philipe Genty, Peter Schumann, Dattatreya Aralikatte, Jim Henson, Dadi Pudumjee, and Julie Taymor have also continued to develop the forms and content of puppetry, so that the phrase ' puppet theatre ' is no longer limited to traditional forms of marionettes, glove, or rod puppets.

There is also the Avadhoot Panth, wherein Lord Dattatreya and his forms such as Narasimha Saraswati and Sai Baba of Shirdi are worshiped.

Many even worship Dattatreya as an Avatar of Vishnu or of Shiva.

A cow, identified with Kamadhenu, is often depicted accompanying the god Dattatreya.

Dattatreya is sometimes depicted holding the divine cow in one of his hands.

Finally, with the aid of a divine spear granted to him by the god Dattatreya, the king killed Jamadagni.

The mountain is also home to several Hindu temples, including the Adhar Devi Temple ( also known as Arbuda Devi Temple ), carved out of solid rock ; the Shri Raghunathji Temple ; and a shrine and temple to Dattatreya built atop the Guru Shikhar peak and a number of Jain temples including Dilwara Temples, a complex of temples carved of white marble that was built between the 11th and 13th centuries AD.

He is considered as fifth incarnation of Brahma.

In Hinduism Rama is the Seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu, one of the Hindu holy trinity ( Brahma and Shiva completing the trinity ).

While the earlier commentators like Adi Shankara treat Bādarāyaņa, the author of the Brahma Sūtra, as the Jnana-Shakti Avatara ( knowledge-power incarnation ) of God, Vaishnavite tradition identifies him with Krishna Dwipayana Vyāsa, the author of the Mahābhārata.

In a part of the Bhagavata Purana, which is named Sukha Sagar ( that is, the Ocean of Bliss ), there is a mythical story which states that Brahma felt that the Avatar ( incarnation ) of Krishna had already taken place on the earth ( Prithvi ).

According to Ayyavazhi legends, Ayya Vaikundar an incarnation of god, as per the instruction in Vinchai by Narayana unified six female deities into himself in various forms such as Siva, Brahma etc.

He was the incarnation, not only of Thirumal, but also of Sivan and Brahma as well.

He unifyied into him Parvati in the form of Siva, unifyied Lakshmi in the form of Vishnu, Sarasvati in the form of Brahma, Valli and Deyvanai as Muruga etc., showing that Vaikundar is the incarnation of the supreme power, from which all these lower divine powers are generated.

Other notable temples around the lake include Varaha temple – dedicated to Varaha ( the boar incarnation of god Vishnu ), Savitri temple and Gayatri temple, dedicated to the consorts of Brahma.