Indra (Sanskrit: ?????? or ?????, indra) is the god of weather and war, and King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hinduism. Mentioned first as the chief deity in the sacred Hindu text of Rig Veda, Indra is bestowed with a heroic and almost brash and amorous character. He has always remained significant in Indian mythology, from Vedic to Puranic times, as the primary ruler of all the deities, even as his reputation and role diminished in later Hinduism with the rise of th