Lord Vishwakarma is a Hindu god, the divine architect. He is considered as swayambhu and creator of the world. Vishwakarma is known as the world's first architect and engineer, who helped build a lot of structures and laid the foundation stone when the universe was developing. It is also said that Lord Vishwakarma is the one who created heaven, Dwapar, and even Hastinapur. Vishwakarma Jayanti is a day of celebration for Vishwakarma - the divine architect.

Hindu scriptures say that Lord Vishwakarma was born during the blessed Magh Shukla Trayodashi, because of which he is considered to be an incorporation of Lord Shiva.