The SUN , a symbol of power, energy and soul of the world

The Sun is a symbol of power and energy. The Sun has been called the soul of the world in the Vedas.  There is life on this earth only because of the Sun, it is a universally accepted truth today. Sun was worshiped in many ancient civilizations. It has also given great importance of the Sun in Indian scriptures. Let's try to know more about Surya today.

Because of  sunrise  in the east direction,  the east direction is considered auspicious. Fear of darkness of  night is removed in the morning by the sun light. Sun is also considered as a source of positive energy.

The image of the sun we see in the pictures is very magnificent. In that image there are seven horses of Surya which represent seven days of the week. And the Ratha has twelve wheels which represent the twelve months. According to mythological stories, Lord Vishwakarma's daughter 'Sanjana, was married to Suryadev. Sanjana could not come in front of him due to the brightness of the Sun. According to the scriptures, Sanjana and Suryadev had three sons namely 'Manu', 'Yama' and 'Yami'.

Due to brightness of the Sun. Sanjana kept his shadow in her place. Suryadev did not know that  shadow was his wife instead of Sanjana. Through his shadow, he had two sons, the first son was named Shani who is known as Shanidev and the second son was named Revant. These were all about the belief about the Sun as per Hindu Shastra.

Now lets we see some interesting facts about the Sun.

The sun is 4.6 billion years old.

The sun has a diameter of 1,392,684 km and an equatorial distance of 4,370,005.6 km. It makes Earth look small, very small. 

The Sun’s mass is 333,000 times the mass of the Earth.

The Sun is a ball of gas: it has no solid surface, unlike the Earth.

The average surface temperature on the sun is 5,500 °C.

The Sun is as bright as 4 trillion 100-watt light bulbs.

The Sun is 99.86% of the Solar System’s mass

The Sun is currently 4.7 billion years old and has enough hydrogen to burn for another 5 billion years.

The Sun burns approximately four million tonnes of hydrogen every second.

Your weight on the Sun would be 27 times your weight on Earth

Anaxagoras, a scientist and philosopher from modern-day Turkey, was the first to theorize the Sun was in fact a star in 450 BC