Guest guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Surya statue In the Vedas, Surya holds an eminent rank. He is next in importance only to Indra. This model of sun-god is from the Agni Purana. Surya has been rendered as seated on a lotus, laid in the centre of a chariot driven by seven horses. Aruna, the son of sage Kashyapa, with a whip in his right hand is driving the chariot. He is shown with fine long fingers, small lips, round face, large eyes and well defined neck characterise the iconography of the sun-god. He is without upper garments, and is wearing a 'dhoti' beautifully laid on his legs and thighs. He wears an essentially Vaishnava crown characteristic of both, Vishnu and Surya. On his forehead he has a Vaishnava 'tilaka' and on breast a Vaishnava garland. He is wearing large 'Kundalas' on his ears. He rides in a golden chariot drawn by seven swift horses. Seven horses are suggestive of seven days of a week, an astronomical division of time acknowledged universally and beyond time. /dispProduct.php?prodId=791 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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