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[[File:Arjuna travels to Swarga.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[Arjuna]] travels to Swarga]] | [[File:Arjuna travels to Swarga.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[Arjuna]] travels to Swarga]] | ||
'''Svarga''' ({{Lang-sa|स्वर्ग}}), also known as '''Swarga''' or '''Svarga [[Loka]]''', is one of the seven higher lokas ([[Plane (esotericism)|esoteric plane]]) in [[Hindu cosmology]]. The seven lokas consist of Bhuloka, Bhuvar loka, Svarga loka (Indraloka), Maharloka, Janaloka, Taparloka, [[Satyaloka]].<ref name=shivp/> While these seven lokas and seven patala lokas form 14 lokas of our Universe, beyond these 14 exist [[Goloka]], [[Manidweepa]] and such higher lokas of multiple Universes. | '''Svarga''' ({{Lang-sa|स्वर्ग}}), also known as '''Swarga''' or '''Svarga [[Loka]]''', is one of the seven higher lokas ([[Plane (esotericism)|esoteric plane]]) in [[Hindu cosmology]]. The seven lokas consist of Bhuloka, [[Bhuvar loka]], [[Svarga loka]] (Indraloka), [[Maharloka]], [[Janaloka]], [[Taparloka]], [[Satyaloka]].<ref name=shivp/> While these seven lokas and seven [[patala lokas]] form 14 lokas of our Universe, beyond these 14 exist [[Goloka]], [[Manidweepa]] and such higher lokas of multiple Universes. | ||
Svarga Loka is a set of heavenly worlds located on and above [[Mt. Meru]] where the righteous live in paradise before their next [[incarnation]]. During each [[pralaya]] (the great dissolution), the first three realms, Bhu loka (Earth), Bhuvar loka and Swarga loka are destroyed. Below the seven upper realms lie seven lower realms, of [[Patala]], the underworld and netherworld.<ref name=shivp>{{cite book |title=Shiv Purana|author=B. K. Chaturvedi|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books|year=2004|isbn=8171827217 |page=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bchgql0em9YC&q=Swargaloka&pg=PA124 }}</ref> Lord [[Indra]] is King of Svarga.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Buck |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YO0lEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 |title=Ramayana |date=2021-06-08 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-38338-8 |page=9 |language=en}}</ref> | Svarga Loka is a set of heavenly worlds located on and above [[Mt. Meru]] where the righteous live in paradise before their next [[incarnation]]. During each [[pralaya]] (the great dissolution), the first three realms, Bhu loka (Earth), Bhuvar loka and Swarga loka are destroyed. Below the seven upper realms lie seven lower realms, of [[Patala]], the underworld and netherworld.<ref name=shivp>{{cite book |title=Shiv Purana|author=B. K. Chaturvedi|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books|year=2004|isbn=8171827217 |page=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bchgql0em9YC&q=Swargaloka&pg=PA124 }}</ref> Lord [[Indra]] is King of Svarga.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Buck |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YO0lEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 |title=Ramayana |date=2021-06-08 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-38338-8 |page=9 |language=en}}</ref> | ||