He killed the demon Hiranyakashipu, who had a boon from Brahma that he could not be killed by humans or animals. Narasimha emerged from a stone pillar in the form of a man-lion and killed ...

The legend that some believe inspires this tradition centres around two demon siblings, Holika and Hiranyakashipu. Hiranyakashipu was a demon King and had been granted immortality… sort of.