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Vishvakarma is considered to be the divine architect of the universe and the personification of divine creativity in the Rigveda.He is credited with the construction of the city of Dvaraka for Krishna, the palace of Indraprastha for the Pandavas, and many fabulous weapons for the gods, such as the Sudarshana Chakra of Vishnu, the trishula of Shiva, and the lance of Kartikeya.
Vishvakarma Temple in Jinja, Uganda Vishvakarma Temple at Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Among those who celebrate Vishwakarma's birthday, it is celebrated on two days under different names: Vishvakarma Puja: This occasion is observed by adherents on the 17/18 September of every year. [18]
The artisan Hindu and Sikh community celebrates the fourth day as the Vishwakarma puja day. [o] Vishwakarma is the presiding Hindu deity for those in architecture, building, manufacturing, textile work and crafts trades. [110] [p] The looms, tools of trade, machines and workplaces are cleaned and prayers offered to these livelihood means. [152]
The Vishwakarma community are a social group of India, sometimes described as a caste. They prefer the alternate name, Vishwabrahmin, and claim themselves to be Brahmin or of high-status in the caste hierarchy, although these claims are not generally accepted outside the community. The community comprises five subgroups— carpenters ...
Govardhan Puja is a principal ritual performed during Annakut. Although some texts treat Govardhan Puja and Annakut as synonymous, the Govardhan Puja is one segment of the day-long Annakut festival. [17] [18] There are many variants of how Govardhan Puja is performed. In one variant of the ritual Krishna is made out of cow dung in horizontal ...
Prajapati ( Sanskrit: प्रजापति, lit. 'Lord of creation', IAST: Prajāpati) is a Vedic deity of Hinduism. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In later literature, Prajapati is identified with the creator-god Brahma, but the term also connotes many different gods depending on the Hindu scriptures, ranging from being the creator god Brahma to being the ...
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The puja season begins with the Vishwakarma Puja and is followed up by Durga Puja—the last four days of Navaratri—the greatest and largest Bengali Hindu festival. [16] [130] [131] It is the commemoration of the victory that teaches none is good and none is evil. Each and every war starts, continues and ends with an objective to fulfill ...