Plate DEI · URYASuuryaसूर्य
URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:surya
Deities · saura
Provisionalसूर्य
Suurya
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.
Provenance ledger
8 entries
- Pantheonsaura · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
- Name (mal/Mlym)സൂര്യൻtextual
- Name (hin/Deva)सूर्यtextual
- Name (kan/Knda)ಸೂರ್ಯtextual
- Name (tel/Telu)సూర్యుడుtextual
- Name (tam/Taml)சூரியன்textual
- Name (eng/Latn)Surya · also: Sun God, Aditya, Ravitextual
- 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.
Where families offer to this kula-devata
The temples that enshrine Suurya — where a family whose kula-devata this is can trace its shrine and offer dāna.
- Adityapuram TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Alumkuzhy Ayiravilli Thamburan TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Balasundravinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Chithambaravinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Chithamparavinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Kumaaravinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Soundaravinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Sownthiravinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Sundaravinayager TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Suntharavinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Kalabhairavi TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Kavalmaravil TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Konark Sun TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Kuberavinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Ravidass MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Siddha BhairaviPrimary shrinePending verification
- Sri Surya Mahaveer TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Sun TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Sun Temple Balaji UnnaoPrimary shrinePending verification
- Suriya Mandir Martand TirthPrimary shrinePending verification
- Surya MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Surya Mandir, SomnathPrimary shrinePending verification
- Suryamukhi Hanuman Mandir And GardenPrimary shrinePending verification
- Suryarao peta, KakinadaPrimary shrinePending verification
Showing 24 of 156 recorded shrines — 132 more are on the record but are not listed on this page.
Temple offerings open once Vamshanidhi's giving flow goes live — you can already trace and cite each shrine.
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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URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:surya