page_title: Surya Namaskar
hierarchical_section_title: Surya Namaskar
caption_attribution_description: English: Sculpture depicting 12 asanas of the Surya Namaskar at Terminal T3 at IGIA Airport, New Delhi, India, Design , Landor/Incubis Consultants, delhi, execution Ayush Kasliwal design Pvt. Ltd, human figures sculpted by Nikhil Bhandari.
context_page_description: Surya Namaskar, Salute to the Sun or Sun Salutation, is a practice in yoga as exercise incorporating a sequence of some twelve gracefully linked asanas. The asana sequence originated in the Hatha Yoga tradition on 9th century in India. The basic sequence involves moving from a standing position into Downward and Upward Dog poses and then back to the standing position, but many variations are possible. The set of 12 asanas is dedicated to the vedic-hindu solar deity Surya. In some Indian traditions, the positions are each associated with a different mantra.
  Variant sequences called Chandra Namaskar have also been created.
context_section_description: Surya Namaskar (Sanskrit: सूर्यनमस्कार IAST: Sūrya Namaskār), Salute to the Sun or Sun Salutation, is a practice in yoga as exercise incorporating a sequence of some twelve gracefully linked asanas. The asana sequence originated in the Hatha Yoga tradition on 9th century in India. The basic sequence involves moving from a standing position into Downward and Upward Dog poses and then back to the standing position, but many variations are possible. The set of 12 asanas is dedicated to the vedic-hindu solar deity Surya. In some Indian traditions, the positions are each associated with a different mantra.
  Variant sequences called Chandra Namaskar (Moon Salutation) have also been created.
caption: Sculpture of the 12 asanas of one form of Surya Namaskar[a] in Indira Gandhi Airport, Delhi.[1] (figures sculpted by Nikhil Bhandari)
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