The writer is a surgeon and spiritual teacher. The Devas gathered before Brahma with folded hands and begged him to join them in prayers to the Supreme Lord. “The Asuras now rule Svarga, the home of ...

In Vedas, Indra is the king of the gods, who rides horse-drawn chariots to find lost cows. In later epics, he is imagined as riding a white coloured elephant, battling dark rain clouds and releasing ...

The Devas gathered before Brahma with folded hands and begged him to join them in prayers to the Supreme Lord. “The Asuras now rule Svarga, the home of the Devas. As is the nature of the Demons, they ...

The mythology section has a new entrant, and an unlikely one at that. Thundergod – The Ascendance of Indra, written by actor and screen writer Rajiv G Menon, was launched in the city on Thursday.

Indra, the Thunder God, seated on his elephant, Airavata. Indra occupies an important place in the pantheon of Indian gods. A central figure in Hindu mythology, Indra held the position of supreme ...

The story of a man who became a god, Thundergod — The Ascendance of Indra by Rajiv G Menon, is a look at the birth and growth of the prince of the Deva tribes who inhabit Eurasia. The first of the ...

In Brahmana literature, we also have the story of Manu saving a small fish from a big fish, and of Prajapati taking the form of a giant turtle and a giant boar, to help the earth float on flood waters ...