Chaubis Avtar makes up a large part of the collections of writings by Guru Gobind Singh ji known as the Dasam Granth. Chaubis means the number twenty four and Avtar means incarnations. This large work written mainly in the Braj language retells the stories of the twenty four incarnations of Vishnu in glowing terms, using forceful words with telling effect, to arouse the martial spirit of the people laying dormant then.

There is some controversy over the Dasam Granth whether it can all be attributed to Guru Gobind Singh Ji and whether in writing the stories of Sri RamChandra Ji, Baghwan Krishan Ji and Durga that Guru Ji worshipped them. The link below deals with these issues.

Guru Gobind Singh Ji never worshipped any deity but the one formless Akal Purkh. The tales of the Devis and Devtay (deities) are all written with Sikh philosophy in mind, they all have a Sikh slant and fall in with Sikh thought.

In the Dasam Granth the Chaubis Avtar recounts the incarnations of Vishu :

Machch, Kachch(ap), Nar, Narain, Mohini, Varaha, Narsingha, Bhaman, Parasram, Brahma, Ruddhr, Jallandhar, Sheshmai, Arihant Dev, Manu Raj, Dhanantar, Sooraj, Chandhra, Ram, Krishan, Nar (Arjan) , Buddha, Nehklanki (Kalki).

The following are images of the Incarnations of Vishnu that Guru Ji wrote about, with their mythological names.