Rain-King Indi
Bhil · deity · perennial · Recorded classification
The prompt's 'Inddeo'. Bhil/Bhilala rain-god, name from Indra but embedded in tribal rain-ritual and Pithora iconography (most elaborated among the related Rathwa/Bhilala).
Domains
- rain and weather
- cattle and herds
Powers
- sends the monsoon rain
- appears among the mounted gods of the Pithora wall-painting
Sources
- Indi Raja (Inddeo / Baba Ind), the Bhil rain-god and protector of animals (an indigenized Indra), is propitiated for the monsoon and depicted among the mounted deities of the Pithora wall-paintings.: Naik, T.B. (1956). The Bhils: A Study. Delhi. (scholarship); Koppers, W. (1948). Die Bhil in Zentralindien. Wien. (scholarship); Jain, J. (1984). Painted Myths of Creation: Art and Ritual of an Indian Tribe. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi. (scholarship)