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[[File:Indra.png|Courtesy: "Sarwang" Published by Adivasi Lok Kala Evam Boli Vikas Academy, Madhya Pradesh Sanskriti Parishad|thumb|400x400px]]

[[File:Indra.png|Courtesy: "Sarwang" Published by Adivasi Lok Kala Evam Boli Vikas Academy, Madhya Pradesh Sanskriti Parishad|thumb|400x400px]]

'''Indra''' (Samskrit: इन्द्रः) is the adhipati (अधिपतिः । leader) of the Devatas and rules over Svargaloka, also called as Amaravati. He is the presiding deity of rain and thunderstorms. Indra is the most important deity. along with [[Agni (अग्निः)|Agni]], worshiped in the [[Rigveda (ऋग्वेदः)|Rigveda]] mantras. Innumerable anecdotes, legends and events are connected with Indra through different yugas (ages) in different puranas.

'''Indra''' (Samskrit: इन्द्रः) is the adhipati (अधिपतिः । leader) of the Devatas and rules over Svargaloka, also called as Amaravati. He is the presiding deity of rain and thunderstorms. Indra is the most important deity, who along with [[Agni (अग्निः)|Agni]], is greatly worshiped in the [[Rigveda (ऋग्वेदः)|Rigveda]] mantras. Innumerable anecdotes, legends and events are connected with Indra through different yugas (ages) in different puranas.

Indra is also described as a position, which may be achieved by one who performs one hundred ashvamedha yajnas.

Indra is also described as a position, which may be achieved by one who performs one hundred ashvamedha yajnas.