#173 One from Hindu mythology.

The pictures given above are all connected with the hindu god Vishnu ,but apart from that what is that binds all of these together?

Went uncracked.

Answer: Connect is Jaya and Vijaya , the gate keepers of Vaikuntha.

The first picture is of Jaya and Vijaya sculpted on the doors of some Vishnu temple.

These gatekeepers refused entry to the Sanatha Kumara monks, who, because of their powers and austerity appeared as young children. For their insolence, the monks cursed them to be expelled from Vaikuntha and to be born on Earth.

God Vishnu agreed that they should be punished. They were given two choices, that they could be born about 7 times as normal mortals and devotees of Vishnu, or 3 times as powerful and strong people, but as enemies of Vishnu, for which they chose the latter one.

Ravana and his brother Kumbhakarna were born to fulfill the curse on the second birth as enemies of Vishnu in the Treta Yuga. The curse of first birth was fulfilled by Hiranyakashipu and his brother Hiranyaksha in Satya Yuga when they were both vanquished by earlier avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu and the curse of third birth was fulfilled by Kangsha and Shishupala in the Dwapar Yuga when they were both vanquished by Lord Krishna.