In the Krita Yuga, Bhagawan Vishnu, the Protector of the worlds, assumed the Varaha Avatara to annihilate the evil Hiranyaksha. After vanquishing him, Bhagawan, in His divine form as the Varaha (boar), rested in the Sahyadri mountains (Western Ghats). It was then that the Tungabhadra River originated from the Lord’s tusk. Just as the Ganga River, which originates from the holy feet of Bhagawan Vishnu, is highly sacred, the Tungabhadra River, originating from the Lord’s tusk, is also greatly reve