Shraddhadeva Manu (Sanskrit manuśraddhādeva) is the current Manu and the progenitor of the current humanity (manvantara). He is the seventh of the fourteen Manus of the current kalpa (aeon). Shraddhadeva was the king of the Dravida Kingdom before the Pralaya, the great flood. Forewarned about the flood by the Matsya Avatar of Lord Vishnu, he saved humanity by building a boat that carried his family and the saptarishi to safety. He is the son of Vivasvana and is therefore also known as Vaivasvata Manu. He is also called Satyavrata (always truthful).Ikshvaku (Sanskrit; ikṣvāku, from Sanskrit ikṣu; Pali: Okkāka), is one of the ten sons of Shraddhadeva Manu, Shraddhadeva was the king of the Dravida Kingdom before the Pralaya, the great flood.