Hands up, who wants an avatar? I mean a real material manifestation of yourself, not a geeky graphical representation. — Okay, okay, you can put your hands down. Obviously everybody wants an avatar. Well, Vishnu has ten of them. That’s one of the benefits of being a Hindu god. Hinduism invented the whole concept! Also, he’s the preserver and protector of the universe. Now that makes one’s own existence seem quite irrelevant. Or has anyone here slept on a thousand-headed snake in the primeval ocean…? See!? So let’s make up for that with some knowledge about Vishnu’s avatars! Hindus believe in the idea of rebirth. A soul passes through different…