Indra (Devanagari: इन्द्र ) is the King of the gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology, and also he is the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall.
Indra figures as one of the chief deities in the Rigveda, celebrated as the slayer of Vṛtra and central to the Soma sacrifice. He has many epithets, notably vṛṣan the bull, and vṛtrahan, slayer of Vṛtra. Indra appears as the name of an arch-demon in the Zoroastrian religion, while Verethragna appears as a god of victory.
In Puranic mythology, Indra is bestowed with a heroic and almost brash and amorous character times, even as his reputation and role diminished in later Hinduism with the rise of the Trimurti. In Buddhist tradition, Indra is also known as Śakra (Pali Sakka), in Thai as พระอินทร์ Phra In, and in Japanese as 帝釈天 Taishakuten.[1]
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New Straits Times, Malaysia - Devinder Singh
But Kelantan have little to cheer as they will be without two of their feared attackers as Indra Putra Mahayuddin is suspended while Norfarhan Mohammad has been sidelined with a hamstring problem he picked up in extra-time of the FA Cup final. ...
