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Legend · 3 tellings · contested
The Ashvins win the race at Surya's wedding
Prajapati gives his daughter Surya Savitri to King Soma; all the gods come as groomsmen.
Legend · 3 tellings · contested
The wedding of Surya and Soma
Surya, daughter of the Sun, is given to Soma with the Ashvins as groomsmen; the Rigveda's wedding hymn, and the Brahmana's race for the wedding recitation.