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  • Surya, Adhitya Slokas Chanting Audio

    Surya,the Sun Deity, Hinduism.image.
    Surya,The Sun God.
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  • Gotra Of Shiva Vishnu Brahma

    There was a query from one of the readers of this blog as to which Gotra the Trimurthis,Brahma,Vishnu and Shiva belong?

    Thrimurthis are Brahma ,Vishnu and Rudra.

    Rudra is an aspect of Shiva,and  Not Shiva in His all aspects.

    Vishnu is an aspect of Narayana.

    The term Vishnu is from the Sanskrit root Jishnu

    ‘Vishnum Jishnum Mahavishnum prabha Vishnum Maheswaram’ -Vishnu Sahasranama.

    Jishnu means ‘supporting,supportive’

    As Vishnu is the Protector and supports the Universe,he is called Vishnu.

    Narayana is an aspect of Brahman,Reality.

    And Vishnu is an aspect of Narayana.

    There are two interpretations of the term Narayana.

    Narayeti Narayanaha,one who shows Man(Nara) how to Live,conduct Himself.

    Another is One who lives in Water(naaram),Ocean of Milk,Ksheera Sagar.

    So Vishnu is an aspect of Narayana,who is an aspect of Nirguna (beyond Attributes) Nirguna Brahman,Reality beyond Attributes,a Principle.

    Now to the Gotra of Brahma,Vishnu and Rudra.

    Trimurthis.image
    Trimurthis

    Sage Kasyapa had thirty three children.

    Eleven Rudras,Twelve Adityas,Eight Vasus, Two Aswini Kumaras.

    These thirty three are the Primary God’s of Hinduism.

    Of them were twelve Adityas,and eleven Rudra.

    Therefore Rudra and Vishnu belong to Kasyapa Gotra,by lineage.

    As Brahma was born of Vishnu,He belongs to Kasyapa Gotra.

    As to Shiva,there is no reference of Him having been of Womb in any of His Avatars.

    Therefore Gotra can not be ascribed.

    The eleven Rudras.

    1. Nirriti
    2. Shambhu
    3. Aparajita
    4. Mrigavyadha
    5. Kapardi
    6. Dahana
    7. Khara
    8. Ahirabradhya
    9. Kapali
    10. Pingala
    11. Senani

    Twelve Adityas.

    1. Vishnu (The head of all the Adityas
    2. Aryama
    3. Indra
    4. Tvashtha
    5. Varuna
    6. Dhata
    7. Bhaga
    8. Parjanya (Savitr?)
    9. Vivasvan
    10. Amshuman
    11. Mitra
    12. Pushya

    Reference and citation.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudras

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Âdityas

  • Twelve Aditya In Turkey Rock Temple Yazilikaya

    I have been writing on the presence of Sanatana Dharma throughout the world in ancient times and all civilizations, when checked for their roots, owe their existence to Sanatana Dharma.

    This applies to all ancient civilizations like Uighur, Mayan, Atlantis, Mu, Mittani, Hitties, Incase.

    The Hittie civilization was the root of civilizations that sprang up in the Middle East.

    Hitties were the forerunners of worshiping idols.

    There is evidence that they worshiped Lakshmi, Siva.

    One finds the names of Lord Rama, Dasaratha and Bharata in Sumeria Kings List.

    Lord Rama defeated Sets armies in the present Afghanistan.

    Hitties show traces of Tamil ancestry as well.

    I am providing links to these articles towards the conclusion of this article.

    When one checks the history of pre Islamic Arabia, one finds that idols, including those of Navagraha were destroyed by Muhammad in Kaaba, Mecca.

    About three hundred idols were reported to have been destroyed.

    Where did these Idols come from?

    One information is that King Vikramadhitya(-inscription-in-kaabamecca Mecca,) , who ruled Arabia installed them there.

    Or as Lord Rama also ruled these areas, as evidenced from the Kings List of Sumeria, these might date back to Rama.

    There is also evidence that the Hitties, who were the early rulers, worshiped Vedic God’s and Goddesses.

    Shall be writing on this.

    Meanwhile there is a Temple for AinDhara in Syria.

    Ain dhara is a Vedic Goddess.

    There is a Temple that has been excavated.

    Rock Temple, Yazilikaya, Temple. Image
    Yazilikaya, Rock Temple, Turkey.

     

    IT is the Yazhilikaya

    Twelve Rock images Yazilikaya.image.
    Twelve,Adityas in Yazilikaya,Turkey

    ‘Yazılıkaya (Turkish; inscribed rock) was a sanctuary of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire, today in the Çorum Province, Turkey.

    One can find the Twelve Aditya carved in Rock Temple.

    :This was a holy site for the Hittites, located within walking distance of the gates of the city of Hattusa. It had two main chambers formed inside a group of rock outcrops. Access to the roofless chambers were controlled by gateway and building structures built right in front of them, however only the foundations of those structures survived today. Most impressive today are the rock reliefs of Chambers A and B portraying the gods of the Hittite pantheon. One of the uses of the sanctuary may have involved the New Year’s celebrations ceremonies. It was in use at least since late 16th century BCE, but most of the rock carvings date to the reign of the Hittite kings Tudhaliya IV and Suppiluliuma II in the late 13th century BCE, when the site underwent a significant restoration.

    ….

    The most impressive is Chamber A, which contains rock-cut relief of 64 deities in procession. The left wall shows a procession of male deities, wearing the traditional kilts, pointed shoes and horned hats. Mountain gods are also shown with scaled skirts to symbolise the rocky mountains. The right wall shows a procession of female deities wearing crowns and long skirts. The only exception to this divide is the goddess of love and war, Shaushka (Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar/Inanna) who is shown on the male procession with two female attendants. This is likely to be because of her male attributes as the goddess of war. The processions lead to a central scene of the supreme couple of the pantheon: the storm-god Teshub and the sun-goddess Hebat. Teshub stands on two mountain gods whilst Hebat stands on a panther. Behind Hebat are shown their son Sharruma, daughter Alanzu and a granddaughter.

    Reference and Citation for text and image-from wiki

    Yazilikiya   

    More information on Sanatana Dharma in Middle East.

    Saudi Arabia Vikramaditya Kingdom

    Shiva Linga in Mecca Om is 786

    Narasimha Rama Nagar Tamils

    Tamil City in 2200 BC Sumeria Akkadian Text

    Angirasa Founder of Pre Sumeria Empire

    Lord Rama ruled Iraq Mesapotamia as Ram Sin

    Rama King of Sumeria Kings List

    Turkey Shiva Mitra Varuna Kingdom

    Sandhyavandana Saptha Rishis Iraq Yezdis

  • Parents Pray Son For Knowledge Vishnu Stuthi Kashyapa for All Problems. 

    Parents Pray Son For Knowledge Vishnu Stuthi Kashyapa for All Problems. 

    There are abstruse  hints about two concepts of Time and different types of Beings, one living within the confines of Space and Time and another, may be many, beyond the realms of Space and Time.

    The latter is an Attribute of Brahman, the Ultimate Reality.

    As Saguna Brahman, Relative Reality, it evolves itself into the world of Names and Forms.

    This is where we live in.

    The other, beyond names and forms and some with names and forms exist, if one follows the Indian scriptures closely.

    I stumbled onto Dual Concept of Time.

    That is Time is both Linear and Circular.

    I had written on this in my earlier articles.

    I shall be quoting sources and text from Sage Bharatwaja on the dual concept of Time, Spectroscopy in early ancient Indian texts and write a series.

    And there is the question of Kashyapa, one of the Saptha Rishis, who remain Eternal,

    And we have Manu and Daksha, who are regarded as first Human Beings.

    And their daughter/s were married to Sage Kashyapa. Kashyapa is an ancient Rishi and his wife Aditi gave birth to thirty three children.

    Eleven Rudras, twelve Aditya, Eight Vasus and two Aswini devas.

    Rudra, an amsaor aspect of Lord Shiva is one of the Rudras and Vishnu, one of the twelve Adityas.

    I shall write about the hidden message of a first human’daughter being married to one Rishi who remains Eternal.

    This has historical, geographical and cosmological significance.

    Now I am posting a Stuthi,, Praise to Lord Vishnu by His parents Kashyapa and Aditi.

    This Prayer is for solving all problems and attaining Self Realization.

    The Sthuthis.

    Kashyapa :
    Namastestu tey Devadeva Ekashringa Vrushaaarchey Sindhu Vrushaarchey Sindhuvrusha, Vrishaakapey Suravrisha Anaadisambhava Rudra Kapila Vishvaksena/ Sarva Bhutapatey Dhruva Dharmaadharma Vaikuntha Vrishaavarta, Anaadimadhyanidhana Dhananjaya Shuchishravah Prushnatejah/ Nijajaya Amriteshaaya Sanaatana Tridhaama Tushita Mahaa Tatwa, Lokanaatha Padmanaabha Virinchey Bahurupa Akshaya Akshara/ Havyabhuja Khandaparasho Shakra Munjakesha Hamsa Maha Dakshina, Hrishikesha Sukshma Mahaaniyamadhara Viraja Loka pratishtha/ Arupa Agraja Dharmaja Dharma naabha Gabhastinaama, Shatakratunaabha Chandra ratha Surya Tejah Samudravaasah Ajah/ Sahrashirah Sahasrapaad Adhomukhaha Mahapurusha Purushottama, Sahasrabaaho Sahasramurtey Sahastraasya Sahasrasambhavah, Sahasratvam Twamaahuh/ Pushpahaasa Charama twameva Voushat, Vashatkaram twaamaahu ragryam Makheshu Praashitaaram Sahasradharam/ Cha Bhuscha Bhuvascha Suwascha Twameva Vedavedya Brahmashaya, Brahmana priya twameva dhaurasi Maatarishvasasi Dharmosi/ Hota Pota Mantaa Netaa Homahetustwameva Agrya, Vishwathaamnaa twameva dikbhih Subhaanda Ijjyosi/ Sumedhosi Samidhastwameva matirgatirdaataa twamasi, Mokshosi Yogisi Srujaasi Dhaataa Parama Yagnosi/ Somesi Dikshitosi Dakshinaasi Vishwamasi, Sthavira Hiranyanaabha Naraayana Trinayana Adityavarna/ Adityatejah Mahapurusha Purushottama Adi Deva Suvikrama, Prabhakara Shambho Swayambho Bhutaadih Mahabhutesi/ Vishva bhuta Vishvam twameva Vishwagoptaasi Pavitramasi,Viswabhuva Urthvakarma Amrita Divaspatey Vaachaspatey Ghrutaarchey, Ananta Karma Vamsha Praagvamsha Vishvapaatastwamewa/ Vaarthinaam Varadositwam, Chaturbhischa dwaabhyaam Panchabhireva cha, Yhuyatey cha punar –dhaabhyaam tubhyam Hotraatmaney Namah/
    Deva Deva, Eka Shringa, Vrishaarchi, Sindhuvrusha, Vrishaakapi, Suravrisha, Anaadi Sambhava, Rudra, Kapila, Vishvaksena, Sarva Bhuapati, Dhruva, Dharmaadharma, Vaikuntha, Vrishaa Karta, Anadi -madhya nidhana, Dhanajaya, Shrutishrava, Prushna Teja, Nijajaya, Amriteshaya, Sanaatana, Tridhaama, Tushita, Mahaa Tatwa, Lokanaatha, Padmanaabha, Virinchi, Bahurupa, Akshaya, Akshara, Havyabhuja, Khandaparashu, Shakra, Munjikesha, Hamsa, Mahaa Dakshina, Hrishikesha, Sukshma, Mahaniyamadhara, Viraja, Lokapratishtha, Arupa, Agraja, Dharmaja, Dharmanaabha, Gabhastunaabha, Shatakratunaabha, Chandra Ratha, Surya Teja, Aja, Sahasra shira, Sahasrapaada, Adhomukha, Maha Purusha, Purushotthama, Sahasrabaahu, Sahasra Murti, Sahasrasya, Sahasra Sambhava! I prostrate before you and touch your feet; You are commended as Sahasratva, Pushpahaasa, Charama / Sarvotthama; You are known as Voushta and Vashatkaara; You are Agrya or Sarvotthama, Yagna Praashita or Bhokta, Sahasra dhaara; You are the Bhur-Bhuva-Swah Swarupa; Veda Vedya or Recognisable through Vedas; Brahmashaya, Brahmanapriya; Dhyouh or Sarvavyapi like the Sky; Maatarishwa or Speedy like Vayu; Dharma, Hota, Potha / Vishnu; Mantaa, Netaa, Homa hetu or the Root Cause of Homa; Vishvateja, Agrya or Sarvasreshtha, Subhanda or like the Huge Patrarupa encompassing all Dishaas; You are worthy of Yajana or Ijya; Sumedha, Samidha, Mati, Gati, and Daataa; You are Moksha, Yoga, Srashta or the Supreme Creator; Dhata / Dhaarana and Poshana Karta; Parama Yagna, Soma, Dikshita, Dakshina and Vishwa; You are Sthavira, Hiranyanaabha, Narayana, Trinayana, Adityavarna, Aditya Teja, Maha Purusha, Purushottama, Adi Deva, Suvikrama, Prabhakara, Shambhu, Swayambhu, Bhugtaadi, Maha Bhuta, Vishwa Bhuta, and Vishwa; You are the Samsaara Raksha, Pavitra, Vishwa bhava or Vishwa Srashta, Urthwa Karma or Uttama Karma, Amrita or Everlasting, Divaspati, Vaachaspati, Ghrutaarchi, Anantakarma, Vamsha, Pragvamsha, Vishwapa or Vishwa Paalaka, Varada or the Bestower of boons; and finally, You are the Hotraatma or who is responsible for producing Agnihotra by way of the seventeen counted Aksharaas or Letters viz. Four ‘Aashraavayas’ plus four ‘Astu Shroushads’ plus two ‘Yajaas’ plus five ‘Yajaamahyes’ and again two ‘Vashats’).

    Aditi Stuthi

    Devi Aditi:
    Namah krutyaarta naashaaya Namah Pushkara maaliney, Namah Parama Kalyaana Kalyaanaadi vedhasey/ Namah Pankajanertaaya Namah Pankaja naabhaey, Namah Pankaja Sambhuti sambhavaayaatma yonaey/ Shriyah Kaantaayaa daantaaya Daantadrushyaaya Chakriney, Namah Padmaasi hastaaya Namah Kanaka retasey/ Tathaatma Jnaana Yagjnaaya Yogi chintyaaya Yoginey, Nirgunaaya Visheshaaya Haraye Brahmarupiney/Jagaccha tishthatey yatra jagato yo na drushyatey, Namah Sthulaati Sukshmaaya tasmai Devaaya Shaaranginey/ Yam na pashyanti pashyanto Jagadapyakhilam Naaha, Apashyadbhirjagadyascha drushyatey hridi samshitah/ Bahirjyotiralakshyo yo lakshyatey Jyotisha parah, Yasminneva yataschaiva Hasyaitadakhilam Jagat/ Tasmai Samasta jagataamamaraaya Namo Namah, Aadyah Prajaapatih sopi Pitrunaam Pamam Patih, Patih Syraanaam yastasmai namah Krishnaaya Vedhasey/ Yah Pravrutthai Nivruttaischa Kamkabhistu virajjyatey,Swargaapavarga phalado Namastasmai Gadaabhrutey/Yastu sanchintyamaanopi Sarvam paapam vyapohati,Namastasmai Vishuddhaaya Parasmai Harimedhasey/ Ye pashyanthy akhikaadhaara meeshaana majama- vyayam, na punarjanma smaranam praapnuvanti Namaami tam/ Yaa yagney Yagnaparamairijj- yatey Yagnasamsthitah, Tam Yagna Purusham Vishnum Namaami Prabhumeeswaram/ Geeyatey Sarva Vedeshu Vedavidbhirvidaam gatih/ Yastasmai Vedavidyaaya Nityaaya Viushnavey Namah/ Yato Vishwam samrudbhutam yasmin Pralayameshyati, Vishvodbhava Pratishthaaya Namastasmai Mahaatmaney/ AaBrahma stambha paryantam Vyaptam yena charaacharam, Mayaajaala samunnaddhamtamupendram namaamyaham/ Yotra Toyaswarupastho bibharty –akhilameeshwarah, Vishwam Vishwapatim Vishnum tam Namaami Prajaapatim/ Murtim tamosuramayam taddhidho vinihanti yah, Raatrijam Surya Rupeecha tamupendram namaamyaham/ Yasyaakshini Chandra Suryo Sarvaloka Shubhaashubham, Pashyatah karma satatam tamupendram namaamyaham/ Yasmin Sarveshwarey sarvamSatyametanmayoditam, Naanrutam tamajam Vishnum Namaami Prabhavaavyayam/ Yadyetat Satyamuktam mey Bhuyaschaato Njanardana, Satyena tena sakalaah Puryantaam mey Manorathaah/

    Prabho! I am grieving with unimaginable anguish which could be destroyed only by you. My Salutations toYou Bhagavan who sports lotus garlands and Pushakara malaas; You are the Adi Vidhata who is an embodiment of propitiousness! You are Kamala Nayana, Padmanaabha, the Creator of Brahma, Atmajanma, Lakshmi Pati, Indriya damana, worthy of darshan only by Samayama Yogis, Sudarshana and Khadga dhaari! Only those ‘Atmagyanayuta’ Yagnakartas, Yogadhyaanis and Yoga Saadhakaas could aspire to visualise your Gunarahita Brahma Swarupa! May I pay my obeisances to you Sharanga Dhari Deva! as you occupy the whole world in a Gross Form and yet possess the tiniest Form which is invisible! Those persons who do not make efforts to visualise you do not get your Darshan any way, but those who have no other desire in life excepting you would readily witness you are blessed with your image in their hearts always for the asking! Your unbelievable Jyoti or extraordinary Radiance is all-pervading in the entire Universe in which you are present invisibly and contrarily the Universe is but an integral segment of You Parama Deva! In other words, You are all over the Universe, the Universe was created by you and in fact the Universe is of Yours! My humble greetings to you the original Prajapati! Pitara Sreshtha! Devata Swami! Shri Krishna! Here are my Pranaams again and again! You are the Supreme Objective of Pravritti and Nivritti Deeds (Ritualistic and Directly unswerving approach) and the Unique Decider of bestowing Swarga or Moksha the Eternal Bliss! My namashkaaraas to you Vishuddha Swarupa as even my taking your very name and memory would smash all my sins! You are the Avinaashi or Indestructible; Akhilaadhara or the Mighty Clutch of the Entirety; the Only Reliever of the Trap of Birth-Death Cycle! You are perceptible through Yagnaas, the Yagna Murti, the Yagna Sthita and Yagna Purusha! Vedas commend you, Vedajnaas sing your hymns, You are the ‘Vidwadjanaashraya’ or the one who is fond of the Company of Vidwadjanaas. My Most Revered Paramaatma! The whole Vishwa is your Creation, Sustenance and also the Termination thus You are the Vishva Kartha, Vishva Bharta and the Vishwa Harta! I pray to that Highest Magnificence who materialised Surya Swarupa and destroyed darkess for good. To that Sarveswara, the Ajanma, Avyaya, Srashta and Vishnu who is fully aware of the Truth about me and the transparency and earnestness of my Prayers that I am prostrating with humility craving him to grant my wish!)

    Source for Stuthi.

    Kamakoti

  • Surya Sun God Mitra Worshipped Ancient Rome Pope Baptised With Varuna

    Surya Sun God Mitra Worshipped Ancient Rome Pope Baptised With Varuna

    Mitra is  Vedic Deity,often mentioned along with Varuna,both called togehter as Mitra Varuna.

    Mitra indicates dawn.

    Varuna and Maitra are the sons of Aththi and Kasyapa.

    So also Surya,the SunGod.

    Worship of Surya is found throughout the world,with the attributes described in Hinduism.

    Mitra Varuna is worshiped in the Middle east, Italy and throughout Europe.

    And the Mayas,Incas,Mittanis,Akkadians,Sumerians and Egyptians were Sun worshippers.

    The Popes Baptized with Warter, invoking Mitra Varuna.

    These sons of Aththi and Kasyapa are Twelve.

    ‘

    1. Varuna
    2. Mitra
    3. Aryama
    4. Bhaga
    5. Amshuman
    6. Dhata
    7. Indra
    8. Parjanya (Savitr?)
    9. Tvashtha
    10. Vishnu (The head of all the Adityas
    11. Pushya
    12. Vivasvan

    They are called the Adhityas.

    Lord Vishnu is on off the Adityas.

    Lord Krishna states in the Bhagavad Gita ,

    ‘Adityanaam Aham Vishnu’

    In Vibhuti Yoga.

    In the daily oblations offered to Surya in Sandhyavandana,the morning Upasthana mantra offers oblations to Mitra thus.

    ‘Mitrasya sarshanaathdriyaha’

    Mitra also means friend.

    One can find these names in the Adityahrudaya Stotra.

    Srimad Bhagavatham states that all these are Forms of Surya,The Sun God.

    ‘In each month of the year, it is a different Aditya who shines as the Sun-God.As Indra, Surya destroys the enemies of the gods. As Dhata, he creates living beings. As Parjanya, he showers down rain. As Tvashta, he lives in the trees and herbs. As Pusha, he makes foodgrains grow. As Aryama, he is in the wind. As Bhaga, he is in the body of all living beings. As Vivasvana, he is in fire and helps to cook food. As Vishnu, he destroys the enemies of the gods. As Amshumana, he is again in the wind. As Varuna, he is in the waters and As Mitra, he is in the moon and in the oceans.’

    (  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ādityas )

    Sun worship in Mesapotamia,Mittani Empire and Rome was from the Mitra Varuna of the Vedas.

    These Deities are mentioned in the Zend Avestha of Parsis,Iran fron where this has traveled to Europe.

    The Pagan Worship ,preceding Christianity had Mitra Varuna included.

    ‘The origin of the cult of Mithra dates from the time that the Hindus and Persians still formed one people, for the god Mithra occurs in the religion and the sacred books of both races, i.e. in the Vedas and in the Avesta. In Vedic hymns he is frequently mentioned and is nearly always coupled with Varuna, but beyond the bare occurrence of his name, little is known of him (Rigveda, III, 59). It is conjectured (Oldenberg, “Die “Religion des Veda,” Berlin, 1894) that Mithra was the rising sun, Varuna the setting sun; or, Mithra, the sky at daytime, Varuna, the sky at night; or, the one the sun, the other the moon. In any case Mithra is a light or solar deity of some sort; but in vedic times the vague and general mention of him seems to indicate that his name was little more than a memory. In the Avesta he is much more of a living and ruling deity than in Indian piety; nevertheless, he is not only secondary to Ahura Mazda, but he does not belong to the seven Amshaspands or personified virtues which immediately surround Ahura; he is but a Yazad, a popular demigod or genius. The Avesta however gives us his position only after the Zoroastrian reformation; the inscriptions of the Achaemenidae (seventh to fourth century B.C.) assign him a much higher place, naming him immediately after Ahura Mazda and associating him with the goddess Anaitis (Anahata), whose name sometimes precedes his own. Mithra is the god of light, Anaitis the goddess of water. Independently of the Zoroastrian reform, Mithra retained his place as foremost deity in the northwest of the Iranian highlands. After the conquest of Babylon this Persian cult came into contact with Chaldean astrology and with the national worship of Marduk. For a time the two priesthoods of Mithra and Marduk (magi and chaldaei respectively) coexisted in the capital and Mithraism borrowed much from this intercourse. This modified Mithraism traveled farther northwestward and became the State cult of Armenia. Its rulers, anxious to claim descent from the glorious kings of the past, adopted Mithradates as their royal name (so five kings of Georgia, and Eupator of the Bosporus). Mithraism then entered Asia Minor, especially Pontus and Cappadocia. Here it came into contact with the Phrygian cult of Attis and Cybele from which it adopted a number of ideas and practices, though apparently not the gross obscenities of the Phrygian worship. This Phrygian-Chaldean-Indo-Iranian religion, in which the Iranian element remained predominant, came, after Alexander’s conquest, in touch with the Western World. Hellenism, however, and especially Greece itself, remained remarkably free from its influence. When finally the Romans took possession of the Kingdom of Pergamum, occupied Asia Minor and stationed two legions of soldiers on the Euphrates, the success of Mithraism in the West was secured. It spread rapidly from the Bosporus to the Atlantic, from Illyria to Britain. Its foremost apostles were the legionaries; hence it spread first to the frontier stations of the Roman army.

    Mithraism was emphatically a soldier religion: Mithra, its hero, was especially a divinity of fidelity, manliness, and bravery; the stress it laid on good fellowship and brotherliness, its exclusion of women, and the secret bond amongst its members have suggested the idea that Mithraism was Masonry amongst the Roman soldiery. At the same time Eastern slaves and foreign tradesmen maintained its propaganda in the cities. When magi, coming from King Tiridates of Armenia, had worshipped in Nero an emanation of Mithra, the emperor wished to be initiated in their mysteries. As Mithraism passed as a Phrygian cult it began to share in the official recognition which Phrygian worship had long enjoyed in Rome. The Emperor Commodus was publicly initiated. Its greatest devotee however was the imperial son of a priestess of the sun-god at Sirmium in Pannonia, Valerian, who according to the testimony of Flavius Vopiscus, never forgot the cave where his mother initiated him. In Rome, he established a college of sun priests and his coins bear the legend “Sol, Dominus Imperii Romani”. Diocletian, Galerius, and Licinius built at Carnuntum on the Danube a temple to Mithra with the dedication: “Fautori Imperii Sui”. But with the triumph of Christianity Mithraism came to a sudden end. Under Julian it had with other pagan cults a short revival. The pagans of Alexandria lynched George the Arian, bishop of the city, for attempting to build a church over a Mithras cave near the town. The laws of Theodosius I signed its death warrant. The magi walled up their sacred caves; and Mithra has no martyrs to rival the martyrs who died for Christ.’

    (  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10402a.htm )

    The above Link is Catholic Encyclopedia.

    Now excerpts from Russain Veda,Perun,from research Scholars  on how the Roman Emperors and Popes worshiped Mitra -Varuna

    And how Pope Hadrian Baptised with Varuna,the God of Water / Ocean.

    I Robertson and others tell us that both Christianity existed almost exactly the same cult of the god Mithras, whose name, I think, comes from the Hebrew Inscription MTP, which means irrigation, 1 t. e. baptized in water (according to the Roman rite). Hence it is likely to occur, and the name of the spiritual crown-miter (mitra Italian and Greek?????),and the word of the Metropolitan as a difference in the Greek and Latin spelling proves nothing: in other nomadic names it Many significant.


    During the time of Hadrian, t. E., According to our comparisons of Honorius (395-423), if the case is not about the pope Hadrian, structures that “baptism in water” were,-says archaeologist Wright 2-scattered across Britain, South of France, Spain Germany, Dalmatia, Dacia and North Africa. In all the cities and forts, located in Italy and along the banks of the Rhine and Danube were Mithraeum (t. E. Baptistery with water). «Mitraism, says John Robertson in his book« Pagan Christs»,t. E ..” Pagan Christs», -was in point of range the most nearly universal religion of the Western World in the early centuries of the Christian era 3(Mithraism was almost universal religion of Western Europe in the first centuries of the Christian era). In England, it was found by an artificial grotto with sculptures of services Mitra and the inscription “God, the best and greatest, the invincible Mithra, the god of the ages”, and in Kichestere been with the same inscription: “God the Sun, the invincible Mithra, the god of the ages.” Others are the same found in Cumberland, near Oxford, near London, near York, near Manchester, and so on.. In Rome and its surroundings were a number of these same caves; they existed in Egypt and probably in West Asia. Only in Greece, they were few at this imenem ‘(  https://www.politforums.net/eng/other/1336328618.html )