Vishvakarman
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Vishwakarma is the presiding deity of all craftsmen and architects. Son of Brahma, he is the divine craftsman of the whole universe, and the official builder of all the gods' palaces. Vishwakarma is also the designer of all the flying chariots of the gods, and all their weapons.
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http://www.ramgarhiakom.com/com/vishav_main.html According to the mythology of traditional artisan [viswakarman]like Black smith,Carpenter,Copper smith,Stone sculpter and Gold smith ,the Viswakarma is the personification of Virad viswa braman,the ultimate reality. Viswabramapurana and Moolastambapurana are singing about a Viswakarma who incarnated out of nothingness having five heads known as Sadyojatham ,Tathpurusham ,Akhoram ,Eeshanam , Oordham and ten hands wielding trident ,tools of creation,four vedas ,now the vedopangas ,sucha as Ayurveda ,Dhanurveda ,Gandarvaveda ,Stapatyaveda and fifth veda of Pranavam. Five prajapathies such as Manu ,maya ,Toshtwa, Shilpy and Viswajna originated from his five heads .This concept of god of creation must have been crystelized during the formative period of toolmaking artisan society and closily associated with the advent of metal technology .Later vedic[present day Rig yaju sama adharva] period presented a mutilated form of brama with four heads and his epithet or the remaining head became another viswakarma the divine architect.This visual language reveal the social change ,that is the supremacy of clericks and knights over creative working class; before imposing chathurvarnya. In south India there are trditional viswakarmans still dooning sacread treads and following their vedic leneage. Durgadas
Vishwakarma has been shown to build many ancient cities in mythology like Dwarka, Hastinapur and Lanka. In Ramayana, he is shown to rebuild Lanka in just a moment after it was destroyed by Hanuman.
Modern Day Relevance:
Vishwakarma puja is celebrated every year on September 17 by the craftsmen in specially in northern India. The tools and machines are worshipped and is generally observed as a holiday by the workers in factories across India.
A sub-caste of carpenters is recognised by the surname of Vishwakarma.
