Try as he might, however, he could not attain the Nirvana he sought.
Gaining even greater speed, he hoped that if he moved swiftly enough, he could enter the Speed Force - learn its secrets. All the while, he pushed himself constantly. Eventually naming himself 'Savitar' after the Hindu god of motion…upon whom all moving things were dependent. In a short time, armed with knowledge, he began thinking of himself not as a disciple of speed…but as its high priest. Traveling the world, he tore through volumes, both common and forgotten - gathered and mingled mythologies far and wide - all in an attempt to learn more about the force that drove him. Speed was his religion…and he became a zealot. The gods had gifted him with a power that had spared him from death, not once - but twice. "It was a moment of absolute epiphany to his mind. Here's an excerpt on the character's origin from "The Flash" (Vol. First attaining power from the Speed Force between the retirement of Jay Garrick and the introduction of Barry Allen, Savitar got his powers amidst the Cold War as a fighter pilot that accidentally broke the sound barrier. We soon learn that Savitar is a self-proclaimed god - even naming himself after the Hindu God of Motion - who formed a Speed Force-obsessed cult for himself, developing a messiah complex along the way.
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