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The mandapam of the Brahma temple. Pushkar is said to have over 500 temples (80 are large, the remainder small); of these, many are ancient ones that were destroyed or desecrated by Muslim depredations during Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's rule (1658–1707) but were rebuilt subsequently; The most important of Pushkar's temples is the Brahma temple, which dates to the 14th century. [3]
Brahma (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मा, IAST: Brahmā) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.
The deity known as Brahma is also found in the samsara doctrine and cosmology of early Buddhism. [19] [20] Brahma is known as Fantian (梵天) in Chinese, Bonten (梵天) in Japanese, Hoān-thian (梵天) in Taiwanese, Pomch'on in Korean, Phạm Thiên in Vietnamese, Phra Phrom in Thai, and Tshangs pa in Tibetan. [3]
Kashyapa repented for his mistake and pleaded Brahma to forgive him. Brahma also realized that he had cursed him in a haste, and told him that he would still be born as a cowherd in the Yadava clan, and Vishnu would be born as his son. This was how Kashyapa was born as Vasudeva and became the father of Krishna. [32]
Bhrigu is considered a manasaputra ("mind-born-son") of Brahma. The adjectival form of the name, Bhārgava , is used to refer to the descendants and the school of Bhṛgu. According to Manusmriti , Bhṛgu was a compatriot of and lived during the time of Svāyambhuva Manu , the progenitor of humanity. [ 2 ]
The temple hosts Phra Phikhanesuan (Ganesha), Phra Narai (Narayana, Vishnu), Phra Itsuan (Shiva), Uma, Brahma, Indra (Sakka) and other Hindu deities. [84] The tradition asserts that the Thai Brahmins have roots in Hindu holy city of Varanasi and southern state of Tamil Nadu, go by the title Pandita , and the various annual rites and state ...
According to scriptures like Brahma Vaivarta Purana and Garga Samhita, the story mentioned is as follows :- "One day, Nanda Baba went along with infant Krishna to Bhandirvan for cow grazing. When Nanda sat under a tree to rest, a ferocious storm started blowing and the environment became dark. Nanda was afraid for the safety of his son.
Brahma as Prajapati with the same iconographical features of Brahma, a statue from Tamil Nadu A Statue of Brahma as Prajapati at Daksha Prajapati Temple, Banapura, Odisha. Prajapati (Sanskrit: प्रजापति, lit. 'Lord of the people', IAST: Prajāpati) is a Vedic deity of Hinduism and he is a form of Brahma, the creator god. [1] [2] [3]