History & Civics

Read the lines given below and answer the question that follows:

Drive away all disease and the Rakshasas-- Send down abundance of waters. From the ocean of the sky.

  • Which god is likely being addressed in this hymn?

Vedic Period

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Indra is likely being addressed in this hymn. He was worshipped as the rain-bringer and as a protector from diseases and Rakshasas.

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