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The original meaning is "bad, rotten" in relation to wood. From there it was applied to people as a derogatory term.
It was then presumably intentionally claimed as a badge of pride for the punk music scene, where it effectively means "anti-orthodox, anti-authority, rebellious, outsider"
It gets used in pretty diverse circumstances, many of which don't share much meaning with the original music scene meaning. Like steampunk is basically a purely aesthetic term, with none of the political connotations.
That's a nice link, thanks !! It explains the meaning of punk nicely.
So, how does the word punk combine with solar to express a meaning ?
The Wikipedia page expresses it fairly clearly in the intro paragraph:
So solar punksters are basically worshippers of Surya Deva ??
https://hindumirror.com/who-is-surya-dev/
... No?