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.

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• 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