About SAURA sect of Hinduism ?!!

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There are 5 Sects of Smarta Tradition of classical Hinduism

Which was also represented by Adi Shankaracharya

1 ] Shaivism

2 ] Shaktism

3 ] Vaishnavism

4 ] Ganpatye

5 ] Saura

Historically all Top 4 is survived but 5 th one is stopped 99.999 %%

Strange ?!

All Vedic deities importance was reduced in Puranic Hinduism

But Surya was only God whose importance was remained constant there BUT There was a rapid decline of the Sauras in the 12th and 13th century CE..

Followers of Saura worship Surya as the Sagun Brahma.

The worship of Surya has been mentioned in the Ramayan and the Mahabharat

There are 6 Adityas in this sect named

1. Mitra
2. Aryaman
3. Bhaga
4. Varuna
5. Daksa
6. Amsa

This sect is Shruti not smriti

follower of the Saura sect reject the concept of Trimurthi entirely in Hinduism. Surya, the Hindu Sun God is the supreme Lord of the Universe. They are hard polytheists and believe that the gods literally exist, they are neither symbolic creations or archetypes of the human mind or pure myths created by humans. Gods exist independent of the human mind in their own realm and our view is an emanationist view of God. All other gods emanated from Surya and all other gods exist in his womb and hence he is called as Hiranyagarbha, Surya is Saguna Brahman and hence this view is henotheism, he is the supreme Lord neither Krishna, Vishnu, Shiva or Brahma.

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Festivals

Many festivals are dedicated to Lord Surya. The major festivals are as follows:

Makar Sankranti
Chhath
Samba Dashami is a Surya-related festival celebrated in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. This is held in honor of Samba, the son of Krishna.
Ratha Saptami

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In Other Cultures

The Sun God enjoys great importance in Greek and Egyptian mythology. Surya's Greek counterpart is Helios and the Egyptian Sun God is Ra.

In Zoroastrianism, which is based on the worship of Fire, the Sun is described as the "Eye of Ahura Mazda". This bears resemblance to Hinduism, which considers Surya to be one eye of Sri Maha Vishnu😛

Temples like Martand Surya Mandir in Kashmir is in ruins survived looted during islamic invasion

Kornak Sun temple is world famous & 1026 AD built Gujarat's Solanki dynasty temple Modhera's sun temple

Multan sun temple now in Pakistan DESTROYED Fully - This temple is also known as the Aditya Sun Temple and is located in modern Punjab, Pakistan. The original Multan Sun Temple is said to have been built by Samba. This temple is supposed to have been visited by Hsuen Tsang in 641 AD. The temple, rich in its opulence, gold and gems, became a great source of revenue for the Muslim invaders, post their invasion. He plundered and looted its wealth, sparing only the idol, which was made of wood. Before the invasion, this idol had been covered with gems and gold, with two red rubies for its eyes.

The city of Multan probably got its name from the Sanskrit word, "Mulasthana", which is the location of this temple. However, the exact location of the original Multan temple is presently under debate.

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