This form of Vishvakarma is mainly found in the Western and North Western parts of India. Usually, he is seated on a throne and his sons standing near him. He has white beard and is accompanied by his vahana, hamsa (goose or swan), which scholars believe that these suggest his association with the creator god Brahma. In the most popular depiction, he is depicted as an aged and wise man, with four arms. Vishvakarma's iconography varies drastically from one region to another, though all picture him with creation tools. In later mythology, Vishvakarman is sometimes identified with Tvaṣṭṛ and is a craftsman deity. Vedic Vishvakarman is identified with Prajapati rather than Tvaṣṭṛ. In the historical Vedic religion, the role of Vishvakarma as the builder of gods is attributed to Tvastar. The later parts of the Rigveda reveals efforts to find a satisfactory answer to the mysteries regarding the origin of the universe, the creation hymns present in these parts of the Rigveda mention individual creator gods as opposed to the collection of gods and their chiefs ( Indra, Varuna, Agni, etc.) creating the world. He is considered to be the fifth monotheistic God concept: He is both The Architect and The Divine Engineer of The Universe from before the advent of time. According to some parts of the Rigveda, Vishvakarma was the personification of ultimate reality, the abstract creative power inherent in deities, living and non-living being in this universe.
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