Shukra
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Shukra, also known as Ushanas and Kavya, is a mythological sage as well as the presiding god of the planet Venus in Hinduism. In the Rigveda, however, Kavya Ushanas appears as a wise poet-priest assoc
A 13th-century sculpture of Shukra from Odisha, currently at the British Museum
The planet Venus
Depiction of Shukra from the 1842 book The Complete Hindoo Pantheon by E. A. Rodrigues
Navagraha
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The navagraha are nine heavenly bodies and deities that influence human life on Earth according to Hinduism and Hindu mythology. The term is derived from nava and graha. The nine members of the navagr
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…skill that can bring the dead back to life. During the early medieval period (5th–12th century CE), with the rise of anthropomorphic depictions of the Navagrahas of Hindu astrology, the planet Venus was personified with a distinctive iconography: he is shown as youthful man with a white complexion, riding a white…
Schist sculpture of Navagraha (anthropomorphic forms of astronomical bodies), from Bihar, India, 10th century AD
A typical navagraha shrine found inside a Hindu temple
The Nine Devas, Khleang style of Angkor.
Navagraha, Sun at the center surrounded by the planets, Painting by Raja Ravi Varma