Parashurama Avatar

Parashurama Avatar

        The sixth Avatar in the Dashavatar series is the Parashurama Avatar.  Parashurama was born to the sage couple Jamadagni and Renuka. Parashurama , a Brahmin , recieved his famous axe from Lord Shiva . Parashurama is most known for raiding the world of kshatriyas twenty - one times over , after the king Kartavirya Arjuna killed his father.

In this post I am showing you how to make this quilling doll.

Face ( Step 1 to Step 3 ):

• I have used 5 mm quilling strips. For the front part of the face I have used 5 strips of skin color. 
• Attach 5 quilling strips and make a tight coil. Slightly make a cone. 
• For the back part of the face I have used black color . Make a tight coil using 5 strips.
• Attach these two parts and complete the face by drawing the eyes , nose and mouth. 

Hairs ( Step 4 - 7) :

For this I have used 5 mm black color quilling strip. Make the first cone using 5 quilling strips. Make the second cone using 3 quilling strips. Make the third cone using 1 quilling strip. Stick them one on top of the other. Make the hairs and beard by cutting the black quilling strips into small fringes. Stick the hairs to the face of the Lord.

Neck ( Step 8 ) :

              Make a tight coil using three skin color 5 mm quilling strips.

Step 8

  Body ( Step 9 - 11 ):

           For this I have used 10 mm quilling strips.  Make a a tight coil using 4 quilling strips of skin color. Make three such coils. Attach the one above the other. Attach the neck to the body.

Legs and Hands ( Step 12 ):

For making the dhoti , legs , feet and hands please refer to the earlier dashavatar posts.         ( Click here )

Step 12

Robe ( Step 13 ) :

Make the robe as shown in the picture.  Wrap it around the body of the Doll. 

Step 13

 Axe ( Step 14 -16 ) :

            Make the shape shown here using three quilling strips of grey color ( 5 mm ). Make a stick and attach them both. Stick it to the hand. 

Stick all the body parts and complete the doll.The complete doll will look like this:
  

Arrange the dasara dolls during the navarathri festival. It will look very beautiful. I hope you liked my creativity of making this doll. Please share your views on this. Please watch this space for more in the Dashavatar series.

Click below to see any avatar :

• Matsya Avatar

•  Kurma Avatar

•  Varaha Avatar

•  Narasimha Avatar 

• Vamana Avatar

• Rama Avatar

Vamana Avatar

       The fifth Avatar in the Dashavatar series is the Vamana Avatar. In this Avatar, Lord Vishnu took birth as Vamana ( dwarf ) . He then approached King Bali ( grandson of King Prahlada )for a gift of land that could be covered by his three steps. When King Bali agreed to this with all devotion , Lord Vishnu covered the earth with one step  and the heaven with the other step. The third step the lord put on King Bali's head to send Bali to the nether world to be its emperor.
In this post I am showing you how to make this quilling doll.

Face :

For the front part ,make a tight coil using skin color 5 mm quilling strips. Here I have used 5 quilling strips. Slightly make a curve and draw the facial organs.
For the back part I have used black color quilling strips. Make a small curve and attach the front and back parts of the face. For details please refer to the earlier Dashavatar posts ( Dashavatar dolls )

Neck :

Attach 3 quilling strips ( skin color ) of 5 mm dimension. Make a tight coil.

Body :

Take  a 10 mm quilling strip of a light ( skin ) color. Attach 5 quilling strips and make a tight coil.  Make 3 such coils and attach one above the other. Attach the neck to the body.

Dhoti :

Take a 10 mm quilling strip of white color. Attach two strips and  make a tight coil. Make a cone, make two such cones and attach them adjacent to each other. You can give a simple border to make it look attractive.

Legs :

Take  a 10 mm skin color quilling strip . Take a 1/4 th of  a quilling strip and make a tight coil. Make two such coils which will act as legs for the Lord.

Hands :

Make a half moon shape with a single 10 mm skin color quilling strip and attach it to the body. make two hands for the Lord.

Umbrella :

As  you can see the Lord is holding an umbrella in one hand. To make this make a tight coil using 20 quilling strips of 5 mm dimension. I have used yellow color for this. Then make a curve to give it a shape of an umbrella. Make a stick with a thin cardboard stick. Fix it to the Idol.
Attach all the body parts to complete the idol.
This completes the quilling doll . It will look like this :

Arrange the dasara dolls during the navarathri festival. It will look very beautiful. I hope you liked my creativity of making this doll. Please share your views on this. Please watch this space for more in the Dashavatar series.

Click below to see any avatar :

• Matsya Avatar

•  Kurma Avatar

•  Varaha Avatar

• Narasimha Avatar 

• Parashurama Avatar

• Rama Avatar

Narasimha Avatar

            The fourth Avatar in the Dashavatar series is the Narasimha Avatar. The Demon Hiranyakashipu was brother of Hiryanaksha (refer to Varaha avatar) and was staunch enemy of Lord Vishnu as his brother was slewed by Lord Vishnu. Ironically Prahlada was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu and son of Hiranyakashipu, because of this Hiranyakashipu tried to kill Prahalad through various means as he could not change his son's devotion.  Enraged by failures Hiranyakashipu challenged Prahlada to show where his Lord was present, and asked Prahalad if he was in a pillar to which the son replied yes, at that time the Lord Vishnu then emerged out of a pillar as Narasimha   ( Man - lion ) to  kill the demon Hiranyakashipu , as to why this form and know more you can read here

In this post I am showing you how to make quilling doll for Lord Narasimha.

Face (Step 1 - 4) :

For this I have used salmon( light red ) color of 5 mm dimension. You need to roll 7 quilling strips and make a tight coil. Then make a small curve. Make two such coils and stick them together to form the front and back part of the face.
To give it a lion look , take a single 10mm yellow color quilling strip . Cut fringes along the entire strip. Then roll the fringed paper around the face. Draw the facial organs.

Ears :

Make two small tear drops with half a strip and stick it on both sides of the face.

Neck ( Step 5 ) :

Attach three 5 mm quilling strips of salmon color. Make a tight coil.

 Body ( Step 6 - 8 ) :

           For this I have used 10 mm quilling strips.  Make a a tight coil using 4 quilling strips of purple color. Make three such coils. Attach the one above the other. Attach the neck to the body.

Legs and hands :

            For making the dhoti , legs , feet and hands please refer to the earlier dashavatar posts. ( Click here )

                     

Attach the body with the legs as shown here :

Crown :

        Make a crown using 5 mm gold color quilling strips. Then decorate it using  kundans .

Once all the body parts are completed , attach all the parts to form the complete idol. The complete doll looks like this.

        

             

Once your quilling doll is ready , you can decorate the idol by putting a bead chain to the neck of the God. You can also stick kundan in the middle . Arrange the dasara dolls during the navarathri festival. It will look very beautiful. I hope you liked my creativity of making this doll. Please share your views on this. Please watch this space for more in the Dashavatar series .

Click below to see any avatar :

• Matsya Avatar

• Kurma Avatar

• Varaha Avatar

• Vamana Avatar

• Parashurama Avatar

• Rama Avatar 

Varaha Avatar

       The third Avatar in the Dashavatar series is the Varaha Avatar. In this Avatar , Lord Vishnu takes the form of a Varaha( Boar) to kill the demon Hiranyaksha. After Pralaya , at the beginning of the new Kalpa , Mother Earth was tossed about on the waves and was captured by the demon and prisioned in the bottom of the ocean. At that time Lord Vishnu took the form of a boar. He then released the Mother Earth by lifting her out of the flood waters and killed the demon Hiranyaksha, The Varaha was the only form through which the demon could have been killed because of the boon given by Lord Brahma.

In this post I am showing you how to make this quilling doll.

Face ( Step 1 - 6 ):

The face is divided into two parts.

Front part ( Step 1 - 3 ) :

    This is the mouth which is in the shape of a boar with horns.
For this you need to make two coils and stick them one above the other. ( Here I have used yellow color quilling strip ).
For the first coil I have attached 6 quilling strips of 5 mm dimension. Make a tight coil , then make a cone.
For the second coil I have attached 4 quilling strips of 5 mm dimension. Make a tight coil ,  then make a cone.

Back part ( Step 4 - 6 ):

      Attach 4 black color quilling strips of 5 mm dimension. Make a small projection to form the back part of the head. Join the front and the back part .

Horns ( Step 7 ) :

Here I have used 3 mm brown color quilling strips. Take half a strip , make  a petal shape . Make two of such shape to form a horn. You need to attach it to the front part of the mouth.

Step 7

Neck ( Step 8 ) :

Attach 3 quilling strips of 5 mm dimension. Make a tight coil.

Body ( Step 9 - 11 ) :

Take  a 10 mm quilling strip of a light color. Attach 5 quilling strips and make a tight coil.  Make 3 such coils and attach one above the other. Attach the neck to the body.

Hands ( Step 12 ) :

Take a yellow color 5 mm quilling strip and make a loose coil. Fold on two sides to give it a rectangle shape. Bend it a little and the hands are ready. Make two hands. For making the other two hands of the Lord along with the Shankhu and Chakra please refer to the earlier Dashavatar posts. 

Dhoti ( Step 13 and Step 14 ) :

Take a 10 mm quilling strip of brown color. Attach two strips and  make a tight coil. Make a cone, make two such cones and attach them adjacent to each other. You can give a border to make it look attractive.

Legs and Feet ( Step 15-19 ):

Take  a 10 mm yellow color quilling strip . Take a 1/4 th of  a quilling strip and make a tight coil. Make two such coils which will act as legs for the Lord.

Take a 5 mm yellow color quilling strip. Roll it and make a triangle shape. Make two such coils . This will make the feet of the Lord. Attach the legs of the Lord to the body . You can also but a beautiful border for the waist using a gold color border.

Earth ( Step 20 - 22 ) :

I have used 5 mm quilling strip. Attach 4 quilling strips of two colours ( green and blue ) in an alternate pattern. Make a tight coil and form a small cone shape. Make two such cones and attach both of them.

Crown ( Step 23 ):

 I have attached two color quilling strips( Gold and blue ) and made a tight coil. Make a cone and decorate using kundan to complete the crown.

Attach the crown to the head . Attach all the body parts. Draw the eyes  and the quilling doll is ready.

Once your quilling doll is ready , you can decorate the idol by putting a bead chain to the neck of the God. You can also stick kundan in the middle . Arrange the dasara dolls during the navarathri festival. It will look very beautiful. I hope you liked my creativity of making this doll. Please share your views on this. Please watch this space for more in the Dashavatar series.

Click below to see any avatar :

• Matsya Avatar

•  Kurma Avatar

• Narasimha Avatar 

• Vamana Avatar

• Parashurama Avatar

• Rama Avatar

Kurma Avatar

                   
                                                

                   
                        The second Avatar is the Kurma Avatar. In this Avatar , Lord Vishnu takes the form of a Kurma ( Turtle). When the devas and asuras undertook the task of churning the milk ocean with the Mandara mountain as the churning rod and using Vasuki ( king of serpents ) as the churning rope.  The mountain started sinking during the churning. At that time Lord Vishnu incarnated as Kurma ( tortoise ) to support the mountain.

In this post I am showing you how to make this quilling doll.

Face ( Step 1 to Step 3 ):

• I have used 5 mm quilling strips. For the front part of the face I have used 3 strips of blue color. 
• Attach 3 quilling strips and make a tight coil. Slightly make a cone. 
• For the back part of the face I have used black color . Make a tight coil using 3 strips.
• Attach these two parts and complete the face by drawing the eyes , nose and mouth.

 

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Neck ( Step 4 ) :

Make a tight coil using two blue color 5 mm quilling strips.

Body ( Upper part  Step 5 and 6 ):

For this I have used 10 mm quilling strips.  Make a a tight coil using 4 quilling strips of purple color. Make two such coils. Attach the one above the other. 

Body ( Lower part  Step 8 - Step 11 ):

For this I have used 5 mm green color quilling strip. Make a tight coil using 20 quilling strips. Then make a small cone. Make two of such coils one for the front and one for the back.  Take a yellow color quilling strip and cut it into small pieces and stick it on the green coil. This will give a tortoise look to the body.

Hands and Legs ( Step 12 ):

I have used 5 mm yellow color quilling strips. Make a tight coil using one quilling strip. Make four such coils ( two for hands and two for legs ).Stick the hands and legs to the body .

Tail ( Step 13 ):

Make a triangle shape using a single green color 5 mm quilling strip . Stick the tail to the body of the tortoise.

Crown ( Step 14 ) :

I have used 5 mm quilling strip.  Make a tight coil using 3 gold color quilling strips. Form a cone shape and place it on the head of the lord.  You can stick kundans to decorate the crown. 

Hands ( Step 15 and 16 ) :

I have made four hands for the lord. The first two hands are made using 5 mm blue color single quilling strip. Make a semi circle , bend it a little and attach it to the body on two sides. 

For the other two hands, I have used a single 5 mm quilling strip. Make a tight coil and form a small cone shape. I have placed a chakra (disc) and a shankha (conch shell)  ( Step 17 and 18 ) on the two hands. Please refer to the picture. Attach these two hands behind the previous hands. 

The complete doll looks like this:

Once your quilling doll is ready , you can decorate the idol by putting a bead chain to the neck of the God. You can also stick kundan in the middle . Arrange the dasara dolls during the navarathri festival. It will look very beautiful. I hope you liked my creativity of making this doll. Please share your views on this. Please watch this space for more in the Dashavatar series.
Click below to see any avatar :

• Matsya Avatar

• Varaha Avatar 

• Narasimha Avatar 

• Vamana Avatar

• Parashurama Avatar

• Rama Avatar

Dasara quilling dolls (Dashavatar Series)

Matsya Avatar

    Dasara (Dusheera) festival is just a month more , During this festival , certain sections celebrate the dolls and arrange them very nice it will be a visual treat to see the various dolls arranged to match various themes , it could be mythological like Dashavatar, Ramayan & Mahabharath or it could be social like display of farming , festivals . In all these the dolls represent the rich heritage and culture of our country India. Today I am starting a new series of quilling dolls for Dasara with theme of Dashavatar .

             Dashavatar refers to the ten avatars taken by Lord Vishnu to protect dharma and destroy the evil beings. Vishnu is the hindu god of preservation. Lord Vishnu is said to descend in different form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. These Avatars play a major role in shaping human evolution through centuries.  There are ten avatars of Lord Vishnu which are referred as Dashavatar. They are :

• Matsya Avatar
• Kurma Avatar
• Varaha Avatar
• Narasimha Avatar
• Vamana Avatar
• Parashurama Avatar
• Rama Avatar
• Krishna Avatar
• Buddha Avatar
• Kalki Avatar

The first Avatar of Lord Vishnu is the Matsya Avatar. Here Lord Vishnu takes the form of gigantic Matsya ( fish ) to destroy the asura (demon) Hayagriva, who steals the four vedas  from lord Brahma. To restore the vedas back and save Manu ,the Sapta rishis and living beings  during the floods which destroyed the world . You can read more on this avatar here

 In this article I am showing how to make the dashavatar dolls using quilling. The first in this series  is the Matsya ( fish ) Avatar. 

Face ( Step 1 to Step 3 ):

• I have used 5 mm quilling strips. For the front part of the face I have used 3 strips of blue color. 
• Attach 3 quilling strips and make a tight coil. Slightly make a cone. 
• For the back part of the face I have used black color . Make a tight coil using 3 strips.
• Attach these two parts and complete the face by drawing the eyes , nose and mouth.

Neck ( Step 4 ) :

Make a tight coil using two blue color 5 mm quilling strips.

 Body ( Upper part  Step 5 and 6 ):

For this I have used 10 mm quilling strips.  Make a a tight coil using 4 quilling strips of purple color.  make two such coils. Attach the one above the other. 

Body ( Down part - Step 7 to Step 10  ) :

This will form the shape of a fish.  For this you need to make two cones ( one small and one big ). I have used 5 mm quilling strips for this. For the top part attach 4 quilling strips of yellow color and make a tight coil. then make a small cone as shown.

For the down part attach 6 quilling strips of yellow color and make a tight coil. Make a big cone and stick it to the top part.

Scales ( Step 11 ) :

Cut a small paper strip ( 3 mm ) into small strips . Make  a small U shapes and stick it on the body of the fish. 

Tail ( Step 12 and 13 ) :

Take a single blue color quilling strip of 5 mm dimension. Make a half moon shape and stick it to the down part of the body. You need to make two such tails.

Crown ( Step 14 ) :

I have used 5 mm quilling strip.  Make a tight coil using 3 gold color quilling strips. Form a cone shape and place it on the head of the lord.  You can stick kundans to decorate the crown. 

Hands ( Step 15 and 16 ) :

I have made four hands for the lord. The first two hands are made using 5 mm blue color single quilling strip. Make a semi circle , bend it a little and attach it to the body on two sides. 

For the other two hands, I have used a single 5 mm quilling strip. Make a tight coil and form a small cone shape. I have placed a chakra (disc) and a shankha (conch shell)  ( Step 17 and 18 ) on the two hands. Please refer to the picture. Attach these two hands behind the previous hands. 

The complete doll looks like this:

Once your quilling doll is ready , you can decorate the idol by putting a bead chain to the neck of the God. You can also stick kundan in the middle . Arrange the dasara dolls during the navarathri festival. It will look very beautiful. I hope you liked my creativity of making this doll. Please share your views on this. Please watch this space for more in the Dashavatar series. 
Click below to go to any avatars :

•   Kurma Avatar

•   Varaha Avatar

•   Narasimha Avatar

• Vamana Avatar

• Parashurama Avatar

• Rama Avatar