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Kalki is the 10th avatar of Lord Vishnu and said to come at the end of Kali Yuga. With the Kalki Avatar the Kali Yuga will come to an end.

According to Linga Purana Lord Shiva asked his wife Parvati to defeat the demon Daruka, who can only be killed by a female. Goddess Parvati merged with Lord Shiva and reappeared as Kali.

The word Aditi in Sanskrit means Boundless, Freedom, or entire. Aditi in Hinduism is said to be the goddess of fertility and sky. She is also the mother of all the gods.

Yes, both are friends. Nature and results of both are similar. But do note that together they have damaging nature and not a blessing one on humans. Their togetherness is known as Shapit Yoga.

It is said to keep a black dog at home or else feed a black dog daily. This will pacify Ketu.

Ketu is actually the south lunar node. Rahu is the north node. So Rahu is said as head and Ketu is tail. Both are classified as Chaya Graha or shadow grahas. They are not real grahas.

North node of the moon is called Rahu. The south node is Ketu. Rahu loves all material things like richness. People who are under the influence of Rahu have self-confidence. They are fearless and brave.

Saranyu or Sanjna was the mother of Yama, whose brother was Manu and sister was Yami or Yamuna. Yama was the first human being to die and is considered as the father of Yudhisthira. He married Hemamala, Vijaya and Susila.

Surya Dev had two wives. One was Saranyu or Sanjna. The water was Devi Chaya. She was actually the shadow of Sanjna.

Aditi was the mother of several celestial deities including the Sun, who was later named as Aditya. She is also referred as mother of Lord Vishnu, but only in his dwarf incarnation. The word Aditi in Sanskrit means The Boundness. In Vedic phase she is personification of the infinte.

Both Diti and Aditi were married to sage Kashyapa. Diti and Kashyapa parented all the Asuras. Aditi and Kashyapa parented the Devas. Kashyapa was a Saptarishi. The eldest of Devas was the Sun, who later was called as Aditya.

Diti was the mother of asuras in Mahabharata. She is an earth goddess. With sage Kashyapa she had two sons - Marutas and Asuras.

Mahabharata was written between 826 and 824 BCE. It took three years to write. Ramayana was written in the 5th century BCE.

Ramayana took place first. It was in the Treta Yuga. Mahabharata happened in the Dvapara Yuga. Rama in Ramayana was the 7th avatar of Lord Vishnu while Krishna in Mahabharata was the 9th avatar.

Mahabharata was written by Maharshi Ved Vyasa while Ramayana was written by Valmiki. For Mahabharata the story was dictated by Ved Vyasa and documented by Lord Ganesha.

Mandodri was Ravana's wife. She was the daughter of Mayasura, who was king of the Asuras. The two had three sons together - Meghanada, Atikaya, and Akshayakumara. Some also believe she was the mother of Sita too.

Legend tells that she was married to Ayan before falling in love with Krishna. It is said that after Krishna left Mathura, Radha found anew happiness with her husband Ayan.

Lord Brahma is the husband of Saraswati. She is the Goddess of wisdom and is said to have helped Brahma in creating the universe.

The Skanda Purana is the longest Purana with 81,000 couples. Markandeya Purana is the shortest with just 9,000 couples.

Literally Jagannath means Lord of the Universe. He is a non-sectarian deity and considered as a form of Lord Vishnu.