Mangala
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This article is about Mars in Hindu astrology. For other uses, see Mangala (disambiguation).
Mangala (Sanskrit: मङ्गल, IAST: Maṅgala) is the personification, as well as the name for the planet Mars, in Hindu literature.[2] Also known as Lohita (lit. 'the red one'),[3] he is the deity of anger, aggression, as well as war.[2] According to Vaishnavism, he is the son of Bhumi, the earth goddess, and Vishnu, born when the latter raised her from the depths of the primordial waters in his Varaha avatar.[2][4]