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Everywhere Pan-India 240 South India 81 West India 37 East India 37 North India 28 The Himalaya 17 Northeast India 8 Southeast Asia 6 Central India 5 Sri Lanka 1

Festival story · 4 tellings · contested

Indra's pole: the banner festival and Indra Jatra

Why a pole is raised for Indra: the Mahabharata's gift to King Vasu of Chedi, Kathmandu's legend of Indra the captive flower thief, and the Tamil Indra festival at Puhar.

Indra, Uparichara Vasu, Agastya

The Himalaya North India South India