GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Arjuna
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Brahma
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Agni
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Surya
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Detailed explanation-1: -Agni, the God of Fire is associated with all fires: natural fires, the sun, comets, domestic fires, sacrificial fires, the funeral pyre, and the digestive fire within all humans. Each of these play a significant part in the lives of Hindus today.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the images, Agni is depicted with two heads, long flowing hair, a pot belly, six eyes, seven hands, four horns and three legs. His seven hands represent the seven flames and the three legs represent the three worlds which he reigns.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the later writings he is described as a son of Angiras, king of the Pitris (fathers of mankind), and the authorship of several hymns is ascribed to him. Fire god is the witness of all rituals in Hinduism.