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[[File:Konark ei2-18.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The temple to Surya at Konark, India]]
[[File:Konark ei2-18.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The temple to Surya at Konark, India]]


One Hindu myth relates that the sun-god Surya married the daughter of the celestial architect of the gods. She found Surya’s radiance too strong to bear and ran away. Surya pursued his wife and after a long search found her. Once they were reunited, the architect of the gods refashioned Surya so that his wife would be able to remain with him. While singing praises to the sun god, the architect cut away his excessive radiance, keeping intact just a fraction of his original glory in spherical shape. Out of the excess radiance, he created weapons for various gods, including Shiva’s trident. Surya remained resplendent in spite of his alteration. He and his wife had many sons. The eldest was [[Vaivasvata Manu]], who in Hindu tradition is the progenitor of the human race. We know Vaivasvata Manu as the [[manu]] of the fifth root race.
Un mito hindú cuenta que el dios sol Surya se casó con la hija del arquitecto celestial de los dioses. Encontró la radiación de Surya insoportablemente fuerte y huyó. Surya persiguió a su esposa y tras una larga búsqueda, la encontró. Una vez reunidos, el arquitecto de los dioses volvió a formar a Surya con el fin de que su esposa fuera capaz de seguir con él. Cantando alabanzas al dios sol, el arquitecto cortó su excesiva radiación, manteniendo intacta una parte de su gloria original en forma esférica. Del exceso de radiación creó armas para varios dioses, como el tridente de Shiva. Surya siguió siendo resplandeciente a pesar de su cambio. Él y su esposa tuvieron muchos hijos. El mayor, Manú Vaivasvata, es en la tradición hindú el progenitor de la raza humana. Nosotros conocemos a Manú Vaivasvata como el Manú de la quinta raza raíz.


One of the most famous temples dedicated to Surya is the colossal thirteenth-century Surya Deula (Sun Temple) at Konark in the state of Orissa, India. This one-hundred-foot-high temple and its hall are designed in the shape of a giant chariot borne on twelve carved stone wheels and drawn by seven stone horses. Today the worship of Surya as the supreme deity is limited to one small sect, but an image of Surya is in every Hindu temple.
One of the most famous temples dedicated to Surya is the colossal thirteenth-century Surya Deula (Sun Temple) at Konark in the state of Orissa, India. This one-hundred-foot-high temple and its hall are designed in the shape of a giant chariot borne on twelve carved stone wheels and drawn by seven stone horses. Today the worship of Surya as the supreme deity is limited to one small sect, but an image of Surya is in every Hindu temple.