Hindu priests sit inside barrels containing water as they perform special prayers ... the Sankara Mattham in Mumbai to appease the rain god Varuna Credit: AP India's financial and entertainment ...

Hindu priests sit inside barrels containing water as they perform special prayers ... the Sankara Mattham in Mumbai to appease the rain god Varuna Credit: AP India's financial and entertainment ...

Lakshmi, goddess of wealth, has three fathers. There is Varuna, god of the sea, who gives the world salt, fish and all the water it needs. This is why Lakshmi is called Sagara-putri, or daughter ...

Varuna, the god of cosmic order and water, was a towering figure in Vedic times. He upheld rita (universal truth) and punished wrongdoers with his noose. Sailors and traders invoked him for safe ...

Varuna Devta is one of the earliest celestial gods to be worshipped in Hinduism. He existed even in the pre-Rig Veda era, when he was venerated as an all-encompassing monarch of the heaven and earth.