Kalki Jayanti

Kalki sits on a black horse with a sword on his hand, slaying a man, which could represent evil, who is laying on the floor with his legs spread out in an uncomfortable position. The evil man holds a club and wears tiger skin as clothing.
A murti of Kalki defeating a man, who could be a representation of evil at the Sakhibata temple, Kendrapara,Odisha, India.

Kalki Jayanti (Sanskrit: कल्किजयन्ती, romanized: Kalkijayantī) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the prophesied birth of Kalki, the final avatar of Vishnu, who is set to be born near the end of the Kali Yuga to eradicate vices, slay the asura Kali and restore dharma, turning the Wheel of Time to the Satya Yuga.[1][2][3] Kalki's birth ceremony is observed on the dwadashi of the Shuklapaksha of the Bhadrapada month as per the traditional Hindu calendar, while in the Gregorian calendar it is the twelfth day of the waxing phase of the moon.[4][5]

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