English: Vishnu blessing a worshiper, cast of sardonyx seal, Afghanistan or Pakistan, 4th-6th century CE, currently in the British Museum, London.
English: Vishnu seated upon the serpent Shesha, Cave 3, Badami Cave Temples, Karnataka, circa 6th Century CE, rock-cut sandstone sculpted in situ. Shesha is considered as both a servant and manifestation of Vishnu.
English: Anantashayana Vishnu, Dhenkanal district, Orissa, early 9th Century CE.
English: Gilt bronze standing figure, 10th century CE, currently in Brooklyn Museum, New York.
English: Vishnu and his avatars, black schist, 11th Century CE, currently in Brooklyn Museum, New York.
English: An idol of Lord Vishnu at Kumartuli Park Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal, North Kolkata, 2010.
English: Taking the form of a turtle Kurma, is the second Avatar of Vishnu.
English: Stele, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India, unknown date
English: During Samudra manthan, Vishnu in the form of Kurma aided the Devas in the churning of the Ocean of Milk, to produce the nectar of immortality to restore the Devas.