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Uparichara Vasu

Also called: Vasu, King of Chedi

A Paurava king who conquered Chedi on Indra's advice. When he turned to austerities Indra won him back with three gifts: a crystal chariot that travels through the air, a garland of unfading lotuses and a bamboo pole. A year later he planted the pole and worshipped Indra at it, which the Mahabharata gives as the origin of the Indra festival kept by kings.

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Uparichara Vasu's web

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Uparichara Vasu devotee of

Indra (God) · Indra's pole: the banner festival and Indra Jatra
First to plant the pole and keep Indra's festival.

Uparichara Vasu received a boon from

Indra (God) · Indra's pole: the banner festival and Indra Jatra
Crystal car, unfading garland and the bamboo pole.

Stories 1

Indra's pole: the banner festival and Indra Jatra
Festival story · as king of Chedi who first plants the pole · 4 tellings

Cited

The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § adi.63 Primary text (translation)