NARSINGH AVATAR (HALF MAN HALF LION)

THE FOURTH AVATAR OF LORD VISHNU. LORD VISHNU APPEARS TO APPERS AS A HALF MAN AND HALF LION TO KILL DEMON HIRANYAKASHYAPU BROTHER OF HIRANYAKSHA  FOR HIS SINS, HIS SON PRAHALAD WAS

A VISHNU DEVOTEE, BUT HIRANYAKASHYAPU WAS A DEMON SO HE DID NOT LIKE HIM. LORD VISHNU APPEARED TO SAVE PRAHALAD FROM HIS FATHER AND HE APPEARED AS NARSINGH AVATAR BECAUSE DEMON HAS BOON 

THAT NO MAN NO ANIMAL, NEITHER ON DAY OR NIGHT, NOR ON SKY OR EARTH, OR HE COULD NOT BE KILLED BY ANY WEAPON. NO ONE CAN KILL HIM SO LORD VISHNU CAME AS NO MAN, NO ANIMAL AS NARSINGH AVATAR, HE KILLED HIM ON HIS THIES AS HE WAS NOT ON EARTH AND NOT ON SKY, HE KILLED HIM WITH HIS NAILS BECAUSE OF HIS BOON THAT NO WEAPON CAN KILL HIM.