Frieze of gandharvas and apsaras, residents of Svarga
Hindu celestial abode of the gods
Svarga (Sanskrit: स्वर्गम्, lit. 'abode of light', IAST: Svargam),[1] also known as Indraloka and Svargaloka, is the celestial abode of the devas in Hinduism.[2] Svarga is one of the seven higher lokas (esoteric planes) in Hindu cosmology.[3] Svarga is often translated as heaven,[4][5] though it is regarded to be dissimilar to the concept of the Abrahamic Heaven.[6][7]
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the king for sacrificing his privileged position on earth to travel to Svarga to protect them. They revealed to him that an entire age had passed on earth...
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