Himavan

deity mountain Hindu single tradition · 5

Himavan is the father of Parvati in Hindu mythology. Parvati is described as the daughter of Himavan who sought Shiva as her consort.

↻ synthesized from 5 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in the Vedas and Puranas.

Relationships

parent of
Ganga, Parvati
consort of
Menavati
allied with
Durga

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Sources

Source passages

“Parvati, the daughter of Himavan who sought him as her consort”

#11937 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In some legends, the goddess Ganga is daughter of Himavan (the personification of the Himalayas) and Menavati (an apsara).”

#22444 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“King Parvata is considered lord of the mountains and the personification of the Himalayas”

#29273 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Her parents are Himavan and Maināvati.”

#29954 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Himavan, the personification of the Himalayas, gifted a lion as her mount.”

#30685 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5