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Kubera

Kubera (;) (also Kuvera or Kuber) is the king of the Yakshas and the lord of wealth in Hindu mythology

Hindu mythology

Hindu mythology is the large body of traditional narratives related to Hinduism, notably as contained in Sanskrit literature, such as the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas....
. He is also known as Dhanapati, the lord of riches. He is one of the Guardians of the directions

Guardians of the directions

The Guardians of the Directions are the deities who rule the specific directions of space according to Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism?especially Kalachakra...
, representing the Uttara-disha, meaning north of 4 directions in Sanskrit.

Kubera is also the son of Sage Vishrava (hence he is also called Vaisravana

Vaisravana

' or ' also known as Jambhala, is the name of the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings and an important figure in Buddhist mythology....
) and in this respect, he is also the elder brother of the Lord of Lanka

Lanka

Lanka is the name given in Hindu mythology to the island fortress capital of the king Ravana in the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, and is what is thought to be present day Sri Lanka....
, Ravana

Ravana

Ravana, also transliterated as Raavana, Ravan or Raavan, was a mythical king of rakshasas , with great supernatural power, who is said to have ruled Lanka about 6000 years ago....
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Kubera (;) (also Kuvera or Kuber) is the king of the Yakshas and the lord of wealth in Hindu mythology

Hindu mythology

Guardians of the directions

Vaisravana

Lanka

Lanka is the name given in Hindu mythology to the island fortress capital of the king Ravana in the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, and is what is thought to be present day Sri Lanka....
, Ravana

Ravana

Ravana, also transliterated as Raavana, Ravan or Raavan, was a mythical king of rakshasas , with great supernatural power, who is said to have ruled Lanka about 6000 years ago....
. The banks of river Narmada

Narmada River

The Narmada [Devanagri: ?????? Gujarati: ?????? or Nerbudda ] is a river in central India and the fifth largest river in the Indian subcontinent....
is described as the birth place of Yaksha king Kubera (Vaisravana), where his father Visravas, who was a sage, lived. It is also a territory of Gandharvas

Gandharva Kingdom

Gandharva Kingdom refers to the territory inhabited by a tribe called Gandharvas who were one among the Exotic Tribes of Ancient India. They were well versed in music and dance....
. (Mahabharata

Mahabharata

The is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetrys of History of India, the other being the '. The epic is part of the Hindu itihasa , and forms an important part of Hindu mythology....
: 3,89).

He is said to have performed austerities for a thousand years, in reward for which Brahma

Brahma

Brahma is the Hinduism god of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. He is not to be confused with the Supreme Cosmic Spirit in Hindu Vedanta philosophy known as Brahman....
, the Creator, gave him immortality and made him god of wealth, guardian of all the treasures of the earth, the nidhi

Nidhi

In the context of Hindu mythology, Nidhi, that is, a treasure, constituted of nine treasures belonging to Kubera , the god of wealth. According to the tradition, each nidhi is personified as having a guardian spirit, and some tantrikas worship them....
which he was to give out to whom they were destined.

When Brahma appointed him God of Riches, he gave him Lanka

Lanka

Lanka is the name given in Hindu mythology to the island fortress capital of the king Ravana in the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, and is what is thought to be present day Sri Lanka....
(Ceylon) as his capital, and presented him, according to the Ramayana, with the vehicle pushpaka

Pushpaka

Pushpaka may refer to:* Pushpaka Vimana, an aircraft mentioned in the Hindu epic Ramayana*Pushpaka Brahmin, a semi-Brahmin caste in Kerala...
, which was of immense size and ‘moved at the owner’s will at marvellous speed’. When Ravana captured Lanka, Kubera moved to his city of Alaka

Alaka

In Hinduism, Alaka, which is also sometimes called Alakapuri, is a Hindu mythology city. It is the home of Kubera the king of Yakshas and the lord of wealth, and his attendants called yakshas....
, in the Himalaya and established his Yaksha Kingdom

Yaksha Kingdom

Yaksha Kingdom refers to the territory of a tribe called Yakshas who were one among the Exotic Tribes of Ancient India. They had kinship with another similar tribe viz....
there.

Also, his house was believed to be the abode of adilakshmi, the goddess of wealth who, pleased by his devotion, gave him immense wealth making him nideesha or the keeper of riches.

Kubera also credited money to Venkateshwara

Venkateshwara

Venkateshwara , also known as Venkatachalapathy, Srinivasa and Balaji, is a form of the Hinduism god Vishnu in India. Venkateshwara means the Lord who destroys the sins of the people....
or Vishnu

Vishnu

Vishnu , , is the Supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of panchadeva, and his supreme status is declared in the Hindu sacred texts like Yajurveda, the Rigveda and the Bhagavad Gita....
for his marriage with Padmavati. In remembrance of this, the reason devotees going to Tirupati

Tirumala Venkateswara Temple

Tirumala Venkateswara Temple also known as Tirupati Venkateswara Temple is a famous Hindu Iemple of Lord Venkateswara located in the hill town Tirumala - Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh....
donate money in Venkateshwara's Hundi so that he can pay back to Kubera. According to the Vishnupuran this process will go on till the end of Kali yuga

Kali Yuga

Kali Yuga , is one of the four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of Yugas, as described in Indian scriptures, the others being Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dvapara Yuga....
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