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**otheloComRole** · 10-11-2009, 01:11 AM

Indra is supreme power of devas. He is an important god for rain and thunder. We all worship Indra during "Bhogi" festival. It refers Indra, who is actually the bhogi. But he is neither a minor deity nor a major too. Lord Krishna conquer his ahamkara and stopped indrapuja and instead, he started "Govarthana giri pooja". Indra is a symbol of "RAJAS or RAJO GUNA". Hence, he never paid proper salutations to sages and underestimates all. He has lot of lust also according to our myth. Then, for the good of devas, the thrimurthis or ambal will help indra to get rid from his problem. So, it is very clear even indra is dependent on some major gods.
Note: In madurai, there is a place called Anaimalai . A small hilly area. if a person do penance there for 41 days without eating anything, Indra will appear before him. It's a myth.

The gods of vedic times have been totally changed except few. Brihaspathi, Indra, Maruth, similar devathas doesn't have any worship nowadays. But we are still following vedic hymns and praise them. The supreme power is certainly not the Indra and so, the worship for him has been declined accordingly from age to age.

10-11-2009, 01:11 AM	#3
otheloComRole Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 433 Senior Member	Indra is supreme power of devas. He is an important god for rain and thunder. We all worship Indra during "Bhogi" festival. It refers Indra, who is actually the bhogi. But he is neither a minor deity nor a major too. Lord Krishna conquer his ahamkara and stopped indrapuja and instead, he started "Govarthana giri pooja". Indra is a symbol of "RAJAS or RAJO GUNA". Hence, he never paid proper salutations to sages and underestimates all. He has lot of lust also according to our myth. Then, for the good of devas, the thrimurthis or ambal will help indra to get rid from his problem. So, it is very clear even indra is dependent on some major gods. Note: In madurai, there is a place called Anaimalai . A small hilly area. if a person do penance there for 41 days without eating anything, Indra will appear before him. It's a myth. The gods of vedic times have been totally changed except few. Brihaspathi, Indra, Maruth, similar devathas doesn't have any worship nowadays. But we are still following vedic hymns and praise them. The supreme power is certainly not the Indra and so, the worship for him has been declined accordingly from age to age.
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