A03. Introduction - Pantheon of Gods

Váruṇa, the god of the sky, water, and celestial ocean, source: sreenivasaraos.com, access date: Feb.17, 2023.

Lord Śiva, Pārvatī, the bull Nandi, etc., Ellora caves, Maharashtra, Bharata, took a picture on July 19, 2023.



Goddess Pārvatī, May 24, 2024.





Image of Goddess Kālī stomping on her sleeping husband Lord Śiva, source: esty.com, access date: May 24, 2024.




Nandi, the guardian deity of Kailash, May 28, 2024.

Visnu reclining on the serpent Shesha (Ananta Shesha) in Cosmic Ocean Lintel, a sandstone, Lopburi art (Khom art in the territory of Thailand), carved around the 11-12th century A.D.(800 years ago), located initially at Prang Ku Suan Taeng, Subdistrict. Nong Waeng, Phutthaisong District, Buriram Province. It was stolen by a criminal on April 15, 1964, and smuggled to the United States for sale. Mr. Avelry Rander returned it to the Fine Arts Department on July 25, 1970. It is enshrined at the National Museum of Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand, taken on November 14, 2021.
 

Lord Brahma was developed on June 24, 2024


 

Indra was developed on August 13, 2024.

Vivasvat or Sūrya, Found in a Brahmin Temple in New Delhi, Bhārata, source: fr.wikipedia.org, access date: Aug.1, 2024

Kubera, The god superior to the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Kinaras, the god of wealth and fortune, Source: www.silpathai.net, Access date: June 13, 2023.

Sandstone: Nine Planetary Deities Lintel, Lopburi style (Khom art in Thailand) 10th-11th Century (AD.) (1000-1,100 years ago), found at Loei Sanctuary, Cambodia, National Museum, Bangkok, took this pic on November 14, 2021

Nine Planetary Deities
comprised of:
       1. Sun god "Surya," Standing on a Chariot.
       2. Moon god, "Chandra"
       3. God of wind "Vayu," standing on a deer.
       4. Brahmā, sitting on Hongsa
       5. Indra, sitting on the Irawan elephant.
       6. Kubera, sitting on a horse.
       7. Agni, "God of fire," sitting on a goat.
       8. Rahu in the middle of the cloud and
       9. Ketu, sitting on a lion (Singha).


References:
⁰¹. from. "The Illustrated Mahabharata: A Definitive Guide to India's Greatest Epic," ISBN: 978-0-2412-6434-8, Penguin Random House, 2017, Printed and bound in China, www.dk.com.