once krishna said

I wanted to make this series from a very long time . Every God which we worship has an actual presence in this world, it's not about some man controlling the nature from heaven..  Our scriptures always talks about the present forces in colourful form, in our culture creator is always present in the creation. This series of Asta digpalakas are those gods whom are assigned one direction to each and many more signification.  These digpalas are frequently mentioned in the vedas and numerous suktas have been mentioned about them. In modern Hinduism they are been reduced to a directional deities although they have major significance in vastu.  In all major yagnas they are still being invoked and offerings are made for them.  So go through it calmly and slowly , this will make you understand the real meaning behind the puranas and the itihasas.

Indra is the king of the gods and was one of the major deities of the Rig Veda. A quarter of the hymns of the Rig Veda are dedicated to him and he is the national god of the Vedic people.  His most lauded activity was the destroying of the demon Vrtra  who had imprisoned the cows in the mountainous cave.  Using his famed vajra — diamond thunderbolt.  Vrtra means the obscurer or the “one who conceals.”  The cows represents the streams of light or consciousness. Indra represents the all pervading electric energy (vidyut śakti), he is the ruler of the storm but also the cause of fertility. The devas represent various aspects of our psychology and Indra is the king of all the senses and as such represents the mind.  Indra assumes manifold forms and shape-shifts as he will. He has all the exuberance of youth and is addicted to pleasure and intoxicants. He has numerous love-affairs and sends Apsaras to disturb the meditation of sages. The famous stories of asuras...