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{{Infobox order
|title = Order of the Sun
|image =
|caption =
|awarded_by = [[File:CoA Jaipur 1893.png|35px]] [[Maharaja of Jaipur]]
|type = [[Order of chivalry]]
|established = 1947
|motto = ''Yato Dharmastato Jai'' यतो धर्मस्ततो जय یتو دھرمستّو جے
|day =
|eligibility =
|for = At the Mahajraja's pleasure
|status =
|founder = [[Man Singh II|Maharaja Sir Sawai Man Singh II]]
|head_title=Maharaja
|head= [[Bhawani Singh|Sawai Bhawani Singh Bahadur]]
|grades =
{{plainlist|
*Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)
*Knight Commander (KCSI)
*Companion (CSI)
}}
|former_grades =
|first_induction =
|last_induction =
|total =
|recipients =
|individual =
|higher = [[The Most Eminent Order of the Star of Dhundhar]]
|lower = [[Order of Merit]]
|image2 =
|caption2 =
}}

The '''Order of the Sun''' is a [[chivalric order]] of [[knight]]s in [[India]].<ref name="Sainty2006"/> It was established by [[Man Singh II|Maharaja Sir Sawai Man Singh II]], the [[Maharaja of Jaipur]], in 1947.<ref name="Sainty2006">{{cite book|last=Sainty|first=Guy Stair|title=World Orders of Knighthood and Merit|date=17 August 2006|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry|language=English|isbn=9780971196674|page=1221}}</ref> The motto of the Order of the Sun is ''Yato Dharmastato Jai'', meaning 'Where There is Virtue, There is Victory' and the badge of the Order of the Sun is an "eight-petalled flower in red enamel".<ref name="Sainty2006"/>

In her 2017 [[bal des débutantes]], [[Ava Phillippe]] took [[Padmanabh Singh|Sir Sawai Padmanabh Singh]] as her date and as is customary with [[full evening dress]], he was wearing the decoration of the Order of the Sun.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mx.hola.com/moda/2017112720353/ava-phillippe-baile-debutantes-reese-witherspoon|title=¡Una princesa! Ava Phillippe en el Baile de Debutantes -junto a una maravillada Reese Witherspoon|last=Eledon|first=Geraldine|date=27 November 2017|publisher=[[¡Hola!]]|language=Spanish|accessdate=6 December 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of India]]
[[Category:History of Jaipur]]

Order of the Sun (India) - Revision history

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