Lord Surya- Sun God- Painting-Kerala Mural Art 42x60 in Canvas Horizontal

Surya Known As Aditya Is The Hindu God of The Sun And Is The Son of Kashyapa Muni And Aditi And Is The Source of All Life And He Travels Every Day in The Sky in His Golden Chariot Pulled By Seven Horses And Driven By Red Aruna, A Personification of Dawn. He Had Had Three offspring With Samjna (Conscience), The Daughter of Visvakarma. These Were Vaivasvata (One of The 14 original Men or Manu), Yama (God of The Dead), And Yami (Goddess of The Yamuna River). Lord Surya Is The Main God in Navagraha All The Other Navagraha Like Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, And Saturn, Plus The Solar And Lunar Shadows (Ascending And Descending Nodes) of Rahu And Ketu, All Visible To The Naked Eye Revolves Around Him. Surya Is Considered The Chief of The Nine Planets of Vedas. These Are The Sun, Collectively They Are Known As The Navagraha. . Lord Surya Had Many Temples And Shrines Across Ancient India But Certainly The Most Celebrated Temple Built in Honour of Surya Is in The Orissa Region At Konarak. Another Famous Temple Dedicated To The God Is At Martand in The Srinagar Valley of Kashmir Which Was Built in The Second Half of The 8Th Century Ce By The Karkota King Lalitaditya. This Traditional Wall Mural From Kerala Stands Out For Its Artistic Brilliance . The Colors Traditionally Used Are Green For Satvic, Red And A Mixture of Red And Yellows For The Rajasic And Black (Shivite) And White (Vaishanavite) For The Tamasic Deities. The Most Predominant Colour Used in Kerala Murals Is Saffron-Red. Vegetable Dyes, Fruit Juices, Minerals And Natural Material Are Used For Making The Paint While Brushes Are Made From The Blades of Certain Type of Grass And Roots of Trees And Sharpened Bamboo Pieces Are Used To Draw The Outline. It is without frame.