[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.681 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.681 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.681 - **Language:** English ### [c5.681](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.681) Indra had been an object of worship among the pastoral people of Vraja, but Krishna persuaded them to cease this worship. Indra was greatly enraged at this, and sent a deluge of rain to overwhelm them; but Krishna lifted up the mountain Govardhana on his finger to shelter them, and so held it for seven days, till Indra was baffled and rendered homage to Krishna. Again, when Krishna went to visit Swarga, and was about to carry off the Pārijāta tree, Indra resented its removal, and a fierce fight ensued, in which Indra was worsted, and the tree was carried off. Among the deeds of Indra recorded in the Purāṇas is that of the destruction of the offspring of Diti in her womb, and the production therefrom of the Maruts (see Diti); and there is a story of his cutting off the wings of the mountains with his thunderbolts, because they were refractory and troublesome. Indra is represented as a fair man riding on a white horse or an elephant, and bearing the vajra or thunderbolt in his hand. His son is named Jayanta. Indra is not the object of direct worship, but he receives incidental adoration, and there is a festival kept in his honour called Sakra-dhwajot-thāna, ‘the raising of the standard of Indra.’ - [Previous: c5.680](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.680) - [Next: c5.682](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.682) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.681](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.681) · Pramāṇa