Varuna is known today as the god of the sea and Indra as the god of the rain. ... In Vedic times, an asura was a deity, no different from a deva. The division emerged later, clearly.

BACK TO THE SEA: The Koli fishing community celebrates the Nariyal/Narali Poornima or the Coconut Festival in a grand way. On Saturday, a special procession of ...