chanting Surya mantras. Red and orange flowers adorn the puja space, symbolising Surya Dev’s radiance. The deity is offered jaggery, wheat, and red fruits, and a diya, or lamp, is lit with ghee.

Surya Dev, the Sun god who is worshipped by Hindus since time immemorial, has 7 horses that pull his chariot. Every morning Hindus offer ‘arghya’ to the Sun god, which is basically water ...