Surya: Hindu Sun God Who Illuminates The World, Our Lives And Disperses Darkness, Destroys Diseases, And Enemies

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – In Mahabharata, one of the major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, Surya is the “eye of the universe, soul of all existence, origin of all life, and symbol for freedom and spiritual emancipation.

In Hindu beliefs, Surya – the god of the sun, and the sun itself – represented the physical sun and personified the sun as a deity. In the early Hindu scripts, this god was considered one of the most important deities.

Surya’s main action is the pouring out of light. He illuminates the world, our lives, and disperses the darkness, destroys diseases, and enemies.

In a chariot harnessed by seven red mares or by a mare with seven heads, he travels across the sky or the space around Mount Meru later called Mount Kailasha. It was the abode in the mountains where the gods dwelt, ruled over by Varuna, guardian of the cosmic order. Surya was the sun god, Agni the god of fire, Indra the god of war, Yama the god of death, and Soma, the god of vitality.

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