Garga
Garga
Garga is a name used for more than one ṛshi in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Garga Maharshi: the family priest and preceptor of the Yadu line, a devotee of Śiva from childhood.
- Garga Jyotishī: the astronomer-ṛshi who announced the muhūrta for the wedding of Śiva and Pārvatī. Śiva Purāṇa, Pārvatī Khaṇḍa, Chapter 47
- Gargācārya: Gargācārya, the astronomer-ṛshi who received jyotisha from Śesha in the pātāla-lokas. Vishṇu Purāṇa, Dvitīyāṃśa, Chapter 5; Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 65