As I was instructed to do here, I read a section of notes and now I need to write a paragraph about a Hindu god. I wanted to pick a god that nobody else in my class would pick, so I went to the Wikipedia list of Hindu gods and chose a random one. That one ended up being Surya, who is the main solar deity. In other words, Surya is the god of the sun. Surya is a male, and he has multiple wives. The word Surya can be used while speaking in Hindi to refer to the sun.
One interesting thing about Surya is that in Hindu literature, it says that Surya is a god that you can see every day.
Surya is usually depicted with a lotus or flower in each hand, and sometimes with a horse and chariot.
There a many temples around India dedicated to Surya. There is usually a chariot wheel on these temples. Although Surya isn't one of the most popular gods in India, people still worship it. Thousands of people go to the eastern banks of the Ganges river in Varanasi, where they can bathe, get blessings from priests and pray. When they are there, some people pray to Ganga, the goddess of the Ganges river, but others pray to Surya.
Sources
Hartley, C. "Surya the Sun God." Hartwick College | Sites of Students, Faculty, and Staff. 2001. Web. 19 May 2011. <http://users.hartwick.edu/hartleyc/surya.htm>.
"Surya." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 19 May 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_(god)>.
One interesting thing about Surya is that in Hindu literature, it says that Surya is a god that you can see every day.
Surya is usually depicted with a lotus or flower in each hand, and sometimes with a horse and chariot.
There a many temples around India dedicated to Surya. There is usually a chariot wheel on these temples. Although Surya isn't one of the most popular gods in India, people still worship it. Thousands of people go to the eastern banks of the Ganges river in Varanasi, where they can bathe, get blessings from priests and pray. When they are there, some people pray to Ganga, the goddess of the Ganges river, but others pray to Surya.
Sources
Hartley, C. "Surya the Sun God." Hartwick College | Sites of Students, Faculty, and Staff. 2001. Web. 19 May 2011. <http://users.hartwick.edu/hartleyc/surya.htm>.
"Surya." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 19 May 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_(god)>.
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