Parasurama

The name Parasurama signifies 'Rama with the axe' and seems to indicate that this hero came after the original Rama.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

Another version suggests that she is the mother of Parasurama, Renukadevi who is appeased for rains.

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The image, made of blue stone, is believed to have been installed by sage Parasurama.

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The image, made of blue stone, is believed to have been installed by sage Parasurama.

Goddess Kanyakumari Jan 2008

The legend went like this: While standing on the Western Ghats, the great warrior-sage Shri Parasurama shot an arrow into the sea, ordering it to recede.

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Maybe it had something to do with the legend of Shri Parasurama, the great warrior-sage.

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One story runs that Parasurama was bathing in the sea, when a leech bit his foot and caused it to bleed.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

According to a legend they were sprung from the corpses of a party of shipwrecked foreigners, who were raised to life by Parasurama.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Rajput princes who escaped the vengeance of Parasurama by abandoning the profession of arms and taking to trade.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Subsequently Parasurama sent for some Pasis to help him in one of his wars; but they ran away and hid in an _arhar_

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell