https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn Made with the best of intentions en-us 2017-09-12 14:07:00 UTC 2017-11-01 13:50:09 UTC hello@padlet.com hannahhawk14 https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/186787956 Surya is an extremely powerful god. He is a very important god that is responsible for the lives of the people. He is proud of himself and his abilities but is also humble. ]]> 2017-09-12 14:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/186787956 hannahhawk14 https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/186789200 He is portrayed as the "bringer of the sun" that rides across the sky on his chariot and defeats the demons of darkness. Surya is the chief of nine planets, including: the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn. Also, he is one of the most powerful and majestic visible Devatas. ]]> 2017-09-12 14:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/186789200 hannahhawk14 https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/186790959 He goes by many other names and has different forms, two of them are Aditya and Savita. Vishnu replaced him as the incarnated sun. He is a red man with three eyes, four arms and rides on a chariot drawn by seven mares. He holds water lilies in two of his hands, in his third hand encourages worshipers, whom he blesses with his fourth hand ]]> 2017-09-12 14:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/186790959 hannahhawk14 https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/186794272 Surya had three queens: Sharanya, Ragyi, and Prabha. Sharanya was the mother of Vaivasvata Manu and the twins Yama and Yami and the twins who were divine horsemen and physicians to the Devas. He is worshiped by people, saints, and even asuras or demons. People chant to him every morning when the Sun rises.]]> 2017-09-12 14:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/186794272 hannahhawk14 https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/187154660 His brightness was too intense for his wife, Sanja. She could no longer take it so she ran away to the forests and transformed into a mare so that she could not be recognized by Surya. Her father then trimmed Surya's body, reducing brightness by 8. This made it more bearable for Sanja to come closer to Surya. ]]> 2017-09-13 13:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/187154660 hannahhawk14 https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/187160787 Surya is praised as being among one of the highest of the gods, especially in the agricultural community. The different communities are important to different people, and to those who work with the land, he is very sacred to them. ]]> 2017-09-13 13:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/187160787 hannahhawk14 https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/187162524 Learning about the god Surya has helped me understand more about the Hindu religion. They celebrate different gods who represent different things and they praise them to please them.]]> 2017-09-13 13:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/187162524 hannahhawk14 https://padlet.com/hannahhawk14/bn7t8fesennn/wish/187164733

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