Surya The Sun God

Surya

the

sun god

Surya is often mistaken as one of Vishnu's avatars but this is not the case. There IS a special conncetion between them though as both incarnated themselves from the holy womb of Devi Aditi and hence are known as Adityas. The concept of Surya as an avatar of Lord Vishnu, can be traced to the fact that the solar orb has been prescribed as one of the places of worship for lord Vishnu in the Vaishnav texts and the Vaishnavas wearing the sacred thread, meditate upon lord Surya as Narayana. In the chapter of Vibhuti yoga in the Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta, as well as the puranas narrating the manifestations of Lord Vishnu's glory, Surya has been counted as a manifestation of the Lord's effulgence. Most possibly, because of these reasons, he is considered as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

Surya is a sanskrit word that means the Sun. Surya is the god of sun and is in the top 5 most important hindu gods. (Out of 33 million!)

Surya's Wife

Surya's Wife, Sanjana is the daughter of Vishwakarma. Short after surya married her, she left him due to her not being able to tolerate the heat from him. She later went back to her fathers home after creating her shadow called Chaya to take her place.

Family

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Diti is one among a group of sixty daughters of Dakṣa and Panchajani. Her sisters included Aditi and Satī, among many more. She is one of the thirteen wives of the sage Kashyapa.

Surya is the mythological father of many notable sons, including Manu (progenitor of the human race), Yama (god of the dead), the Ashvins (twin physicians to the gods), Karna (a great warrior in the Mahabharata), and Sugriva (king of the monkeys in the Ramayana).

Sage kashyapa has a significant position in Indian heritage and is one of the Saptarishis, along with the other sages like are Vashishta, Atri, Gautama, Vishwamitra, Bhardwaj, and Jamadagni.

By harry ackermann