After reading a section from our online textbook, I had to chose one Hindu god to write about. While searching for a god to write about I though about other religions that have more than one god. The first one I thought of was Egypt so I chose my favorite god, Amon Re and searched for his Hindu counterpart. The god that if found was Surya, The main solar god or deity. At first I thought that he was female. While researching more about Surya I came across an interesting fact,I found out that he has several wives. The reason why this is important is because in Hindu literature Surya is a god that you can see every day, he is basically like a god living among humans.
After looking at paintings of Surya I realized that he usually holds a lotus flower in each hand and has a horse pulled chariot.
Across India there are many temples dedicated to the Sun God. Most often there is either a lotus fountain or chariot located in front of the temple. Surya was once among the most worshiped gods in Hinduism but then people decided not to worship him. Still Some people go to the Ganges river, where they pray to the gods and pray to Surya instead of Ganga.
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