Bali

Bali was a mythological king in ancient India. He was a Daitya king. His father’s name was Virochan. He was married to Vindhyavali. Bali defeated lord Indra and got authority over the three worlds. All Gods were troubled because of Bali’s action, and therefore, they went to Lord Vishnu to pray for helping them out.

Vishnu took the form of a Vaman devata. In his dwarf incarnation, he went to Bali and begged of him to get as much land as he could cover in three paces. Bali was famous for his liberality. He agreed to give him land as Vaman wanted. Then, Vaman grew in size and he took the gigantic form. In his first step he covered the earth and in his second step he covered the heaven so there was no place for third step. Bali bowed his head and offered him third step which was promised by him.

As per the story, Lord Vishnu then took Bali to Patal Lok and kept him there. Bali was promised the kingdom of the Heaven in the next Manvantar.

Bali once saved the sage named Dirghtama, by whose blessings Bali's wife Sudeshna had five sons - Ang, Vang, Kaling, Pundra, and Sushma.

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