Vishwakarma Puja

Culture of origin: Hindu · Cultural

Holiday sources: Hinduism

Vishvakarma is the divine architect of the gods, credited with building Krishna's city of Dvaraka and the Pandavas' palace at Indraprastha and with making the gods' weapons, among them Vishnu's Sudarshana Chakra and Shiva's trident. He is the patron of all craftsmen: on his day artisans, mechanics, factory workers, engineers and architects worship their tools and machines at shrines set up in the workplace and pray for safe work and success. It is a restricted holiday in India and a public holiday in Nepal; some also keep it the day after Diwali.