What is Surya?
{{Infobox deity | type = Hindu | image = Surya Narayana.jpg | caption = A painting of the Hindu god Surya with his solar chariot being drawn by seven stallions | name = Surya | devanagari = सूर्य | sanskrit_transliteration = {{IAST|Surya}} |affiliation = [[Navagraha]], Adityas | deity_of = [[Sun]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Wendy Doniger|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZP_f9icf2roC&pg=PA1134 |year=1999|publisher=Merriam-Webster|isbn=978-0-87779-044-0|page=1134}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica))|title=Encyclopedia of World Religions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbibAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA445|year=2008|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-59339-491-2|pages=445–448}}</ref> | abode = Svarga | mantra = Om Suryaya Namaha | weapon = [[Discus]], [[Conch]], [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]], [[Mace]]<ref name=jones492>{{cite book|author1=Constance Jones|author2=James D. Ryan|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgMmceadQ3gC |year=2006|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-7564-5|pages=491–492}}</ref> | consort = [[Sanjna]]<ref name=jones492/> | festivals = Pongal, Makara Sankranti |member_of =[[Navagraha]], Adityas}} '''Surya''' is an important god in [[Hinduism]] as he is the [[Sun]] god. The word ''Sūrya'' comes from the [[Sanskrit]] word for the [[Sun]] (सूर्य). == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Hindu gods and goddesses]] {{religion-stub}}