Surya

Also known as Savitr, Aditya

The Sun deity, source of light, energy, and cosmic life.

Chhath Puja, the Festival of Surya Worship

The four-day festival of gratitude to Surya, the Sun God, observed with rigorous fasting and river-bank worship across Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Nepal.

The Gayatri Mantra

Solar Invocation for Wisdom

Makar Sankranti, the Sun's Northward Journey

A solar harvest festival marking the Sun's entry into Makara and its northward turn, kept with river baths, kites and sesame-jaggery sweets.

The Panchang

Five Limbs of Vedic Time

Shlokas

Gayatri Mantra

The Gayatri Mantra, Rigveda 3.62.10: a prayer to Savitr, the Sun's divine light, to inspire and illumine our understanding.

1 verse

Shlokas

Aditya Hridayam: The Heart of the Sun

Aditya Hridayam: the 31 verses in which sage Agastya teaches Rama a hymn to the Sun on the battlefield, from Valmiki's Yuddha Kanda.

31 verses

Stotras

Aditya Hridaya Stotram

A 31-verse solar hymn from the Valmiki Ramayana's Yuddha Kanda, in which Sage Agastya teaches Rama to praise Surya before the battle with Ravana.

31 verses

Upanishads

Isha Upanishad (Ishavasya Upanishad)

The Isha Upanishad, Yajurveda 40: eighteen mantras on seeing the Lord in all things, enjoying through renunciation, and joining knowledge with action.

19 verses

Stotras

Navagraha Pidahara Stotram: Relief from Planetary Woes

A nine-verse hymn asking each of the nine planets of Hindu astrology to remove the hardship caused by an unfavorable placement.

11 verses

Stotras

Shri Surya Ashtottara Shatanamavali

The 108 names of Surya, the Sun god, with the Sun seed mantra and two meditation verses, each name offered with Om and namah.

112 verses