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Indra(Hindu God) He is the god of the heavens ,lightning,thunder,storms,rains and river flows.Indra is the most referred to the deity in the Rigveda. In Rigveda,Indra is described as the king of the gods.He has power over the sky and strength to make rain using his weapon the thunderbolt.Indra is portrayed as a man with four long arms riding a white elephant. Weapon:Vajra(Thunderbolt) Children:Jayanta,Jayanti,Devasena,Vail and Arjuna(others) Symbols:Vajra and Indra’s net Parents: Kashyapa and Aditi

In the Hindu creation myth Indra was born(along with his brother Agni)from the mouth of the primordial god or giant Purusha whose various other body parts gave birth to the other members of the Hindu pantheon.

Indra is the king of the gods in Hindu mythology.As king ,he leads cattle raids against the data’s,native inhabitants of the lands over which his people rage.He brings the rain as god of the thunderbolt and his great warrior who conquers the anti-gods .He also defeats innumerable human enemies,most famously the dragon Vritra.Vritra is accused as a dragon of hoarding the waters and the rains.Indra is strengthened for the feats by drinks of the elixir of the immortality,the soma,which the priests offer to him in the sacrifice.Among his allies are the Rudras,who ride the clouds and direct storms.Indra is sometimes referred to as “the thousand eyes”.