POOKKUTTI SASTHAPPAN


Once upon a time a demon called Hayagriva with the face
of a horse stole all the Vedas and sasthras from Brahma
the creator when there was the deluge.He took all those and hid
them deep in the sea. When Vishnu learnt about this he took the
Matsya avathar - incarnation as a fish which in time grew in size.
When the deluge ended Vishnu in the form of a huge fish like a
whale killed Hayagriva and retrieved the scriptures and returned
them to Brahma.

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