The Vishnu Smriti and Manu Smriti regard the Acharya ( teacher / guru ), along with the mother and the father, as the most venerable individuals.

Although chapter 85 of the Vishnu Smriti lists as many as fifty-two places of pilgrimage, including towns, lakes, rivers, mountains, etc., it does not include Ayodhya in this list.

* 1994: Arvind Gaur directed this play in India with Jaimini Kumar as Brutus and Deepak Ochani as Caesar ( 24 shows ); later on he revived it with Manu Rishi as Caesar and Vishnu Prasad as Brutus for the Shakespeare Drama Festival, Assam in 1998.

Manu was informed of the impending flood and was protected by the Matsya Avatar of Lord Vishnu, who had manifested himself in this form to rid the world of morally depraved human beings and protect the pious, as also all animals and plants.

Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva and Maharaj Manu are considered Prajapaties.

According to the Matsya Purana, the king of pre-ancient Aryavarta ( North India ) and a devotee of Vishnu, Satyavrata who later was known as Manu was washing his hands in a river when a little fish swam into his hands and pleaded with him to save its life.

There are several Brahmin law givers, such as Angiras, Apasthambha, Atri, Bhrigu, Brihaspati, Boudhayana, Daksha, Gautama, Harita, Katyayana, Likhita, Manu, Parasara, Samvarta, Shankha, Shatatapa, Ushanasa, Vashista, Vishnu, Vyasa, Yajnavalkya, and Yama.

In Hindu mythology, texts such as the Satapatha Brahmana mention the puranic story of a great flood, wherein the Matsya Avatar of Vishnu warns the first man, Manu, of the impending flood, and also advises him to build a giant boat.

Also, by the boon of Vishnu, Bali will be the next, that is the eighth Indra ( King of Devas ) ( Purandara is the current Indra ) during the time of the eighth Manu, Savarni Manu.

The description of the six past Manvantaras ( ages or time periods of Manu ) and the seven future ages of Manu includes several stories, many involving the avatars of Vishnu.

In various Hindu traditions, Manu, is a title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, and also the very first king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from the great flood, after being warned of it, by the Matsya avatar of Vishnu, who also advised him to build a giant boat.

According to the Matsya Purana, The Matsya Avatar of Vishnu is believed to have appeared initially as a Shaphari ( a small carp ), to King Manu ( whose original name was Satyavrata ), the then King of Kumari Kandam, while he washed his hands in a river.

At the time of deluge, Vishnu appeared as a horned fish and Shesha appeared as a rope, with which Vaivasvata Manu fastened the boat to horn of the fish.

Friedrich Wilhelm ( Prüfung und Initiation im Buche Pausya und in der Biographie des Náropa, Wiesbaden 1965, p. 11 ) maintains that similar phraseology already occurs in the " Book of Manu " ( II, 111 ) and in the " Institutes of Vishnu ".

In some versions, he is the son of Vaivasvata Manu ( formerly the Emperor Satyavrata of Dravida ), one of the two central characters along with the Lord Matsya incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the Matsya Purana.

Of the four major sects, Shaivism, Vaishnavism, and Shaktism each regard only one specific Indic deity ( Shiva, Vishnu, or Shakti ) as the supreme being and principal object of worship, whereas all other divinities are considered merely " sub-gods " or manifestations of it.

Hindus regard the Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu and thousands of Hindu pilgrims come here on the full moon of the Nepali month of Baisakh ( April-May ) to worship Maya Devi as Rupa Devi, the mother goddess of Lumbini.

A number of Vaishnava traditions regard him as an Avatar of Vishnu.

* Krishna () is associated with Vishnu and certain Vaishnava traditions also regard Him as Para Brahman and Svayam Bhagavan ( svayambhagavān ) or the Lord Himself.

Not such a sectarian claim as it appears ; Hindus regard Shiva and Vishnu as the same or as manifestations of the Absolute taking form.

Some argue that both Shiva and Vishnu are the Supreme God-both being different aspects of the one person ; and there are others still who regard the Supreme God as being ultimately formless ( advaita, no material form ) and thus see both Vishnu and Shiva as different facets of the one formless Brahman, with no material form.

As they regard Muthukutty as incarnation of Vishnu, they affirm that the worship of Muthukutty is really a worship of the supreme being ........

Many Saivites and Vaishnavites, for example, differ from Smartas, in that they regard Surya as an aspect of Shiva and Vishnu, respectively.

However, A. Vishnu of The Hindu had contrasting opinions with regard to Rihanna's vocal performance, writing the song further " exposes her versatility and vocal range ".

* The Advaya Taraka Upanishad states that the true teacher is well-versed in the Vedas, is a devotee of Vishnu, is free from envy, knows yoga and is intent upon it, and always has the nature of yoga.

Here " Vishnuyasha " could mean that the father of Lord Kalki would be a great devotee of lord Vishnu, " Sumati " may refer to the pure thinking of his mother and Shambhala village, may indicate a place having the existence of the great temple of Lord Shiva.

Vishnu built a hermitage and lived there, attended to by Vakuladevi who looked after him like a mother.

However in the Puranas like Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana, Surabhi is described as the daughter of Daksha and the wife of Kashyapa, as well as the mother of cows and buffaloes.

Mena, the mother of Parvati is seen standing next to Vishnu.

Jeeva's mother does not accept food from anyone, until Vishnu comes dressed up as Jeeva and feeds her.

Kapila is considered an incarnation of the supreme-being ( Narayana ) and listed as such in the list of incarnations in Bhagavata Purana. After his father left home, Kapila instructed his mother, Devahuti in the philosophy of yoga and devotional worship of Lord Vishnu, enabling her to achieve liberation ( moksha ).

Periyalvar delighted in worshipping Vishnu as mother, and composed 440 verses treating himself as Yashoda and Narayana as Krishna.

When asked, Prahlada refuses to acknowledge his father as the supreme lord of the universe and claims that Vishnu is all-pervading and omnipresent.

When asked, Prahlada refuses to acknowledge his father as the supreme lord of the universe and claims that Vishnu is all-pervading and omnipresent.

Hiranyakashipu, unable to control his anger, smashes the pillar with his mace, and then following a tumultuous sound, Vishnu in the form of Narasimha appears from it and in defence of Prahlada moves to attack his father.

His father Khudiram had a dream in Gaya in which Lord Gadadhara ( a form of Vishnu ), said that he would be born as his son.

Shortly thereafter, Shivashankar is disappointed with Vishnu's behavior and his attitude. Vishnu went to Divya's house after a party. Her father and brothers resisted him to talk to her in drunken state, eventually led to a fight. Vishnu went to Divya's cousin's house to meet Divya and apologise for his behavior the previous night but suddenly gets sexually agitated and attempted to rape Divya's cousin. After several days of this misbehavior, Vishnu is sent to a therapist.

Vishnu arrives at the scene, surprised that his father is able to walk and demands an explanation.

He is believed to be the reincarnation of the Hinduism deity Vishnu and the husband of Neang Seda and the father of his two boys.

According to local legend this used to be the ashram of Jamadagni, the father of Parashurama ( an Avatar or reincarnation of Vishnu, the Hindu God of sustenance ).

The Sanskrit word bhagavan is explained in the Vishnu Purana ( 6. 5. 79 ) by the great authority, Parashara Muni, the father of Vyasa Deva, defines Bhagavan as one who possesses six opulences completely, as follows:

It is believed that the idol of Guruvayurappan was worshipped by Vasudeva, father of Krishna, and represents the full manifestation of Vishnu.

In the literature of Hinduism, Vinchai are proclamations and instructions to the newly born child Vaikundar, by his father Narayana, also known as Vishnu, one of the three godheads in Akilattirattu Ammanai, the source of Ayyavazhi mythology.

Everyone, including Vishnu believe that Sarkar is guilty but Shankar has deep faith in his father.

His father, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar, was a mathematician who served as a professor and later as the Head of the Department of Mathematics at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.