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Plate DEI · URYASuuryaसूर्य

URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:surya

Deities · saura

Provisional

सूर्य

Suurya

Pantheon

saura

60 temple links

ISynopsis

Solar deity, source of light and life. Worshipped through Surya Namaskar and depicted with lotus hands riding a seven-horse chariot. Patron of health and clarity.

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8 entries

  1. Pantheonsaura · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
  2. Name (mal/Mlym)സൂര്യൻtextual
  3. Name (hin/Deva)सूर्यtextual
  4. Name (kan/Knda)ಸೂರ್ಯtextual
  5. Name (tel/Telu)సూర్యుడుtextual
  6. Name (tam/Taml)சூரியன்textual
  7. Name (eng/Latn)Surya · also: Sun God, Aditya, Ravitextual
  8. Enshrined at60 templescommunity attested

IIFamily lineages worshipping this deity

Verified family lineages that hold this deity as their kuladevataa (family patron deity). The kuladevataa registry (ADR-0044) grows as contributors share their family patron deity through lineage submissions.

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IIITemples enshrining this devatā

60 attested
  • Temple 0ca12de3primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 0e83bf0aprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 136463f7primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 13bed26fprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 1539aba2primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 157946b5primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 1825dfb5primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 1de9e542primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 1e94edaeprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 2372db84primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 264a968fprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 271ffe6cprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 2769fe7fprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 2b1cbacfprimary · name-pattern derived
  • And 46 further temples.

IVFamily lineages

Families who consider Suurya their kuladevataa have contributed lineage records to the Vamsha archive. The connection persists across generations as part of the hundred-year horizon set for this registry.

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