Order of the Sun (India) explained

Order of the Sun
Awarded By:	Maharaja of Jaipur
Type:	Order of chivalry
Motto:	Yato Dharmastato Jai यतो धर्मस्ततो जय یتو دھرمستّو جے
For:	At the Maharaja's pleasure
Head Title:	Sovereign
Head:	Crown Prince Padmanabh Singh
Higher:	The Most Eminent Order of the Star of Dhundhar
Lower:	Order of Merit^[1]

The Order of the Sun is a chivalric order of knights in India.^[2] 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".^[2]

The designer of the decorations for the Order of the Sun was M.H.S. Spielman of Oxford.^[3]

In her 2017 bal des débutantes, Ava Phillippe took Padmanabh Singh as her date and as is customary with full evening dress, he was wearing the decoration of the Order of the Sun.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Joshi . Varsha . Culture, Communities and Change . 2002 . Institute of Rajasthan Studies . 978-81-7033-747-8 . 47 . en. As with other states, this innocuous beginning would soon be extended with a royal family order (The Most Eminent Order of the Star of Dhundhar), a state order (The Order of the Sun/Aditya Mandal), a general order/medal of merit, and a silver jubilee medal for the ruler, though issued only in 1947..
2. Book: Sainty, Guy Stair. World Orders of Knighthood and Merit. 17 August 2006. Burke's Peerage & Gentry. English. 9780971196674. 1221.
3. Book: McClenaghan . Tony . Indian Princely Medals: A Record of the Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Indian Princely States . 1996 . Lancer Publishers . 978-1-897829-19-6 . 55 . en.
4. Web site: ¡Una princesa! Ava Phillippe en el Baile de Debutantes -junto a una maravillada Reese Witherspoon. Eledon. Geraldine. 27 November 2017. ¡Hola!. Spanish. 6 December 2017.