Dattatreya

Dattatreya, in Hindu mythology, was a sage and the patron of Kartvirya. He was a son of another great sage Atri by his wife Ansuya. In Hindu mythology, Dattatreya is considered one of the twenty-four incarnations of Vishnu. He had cursed Ravan when the later stole his water-pot from his hermitage that his head would be trampled upon by monkeys.

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Datteya, Dattoli, Dattopanishad, Datum, Daud Nagar Fort