in hindu mythology the rain god is known as
Indra
title: Varuna text: Varuna Varuna (; Sanskrit: , IAST: "", Malay: "Baruna") is a Vedic deity associated first with sky, later with waters as well as with Ṛta (justice) and Satya (truth). He is found in the oldest layer of Vedic literature of Hinduism, such as the hymn 7.86 of the "Rigveda". He is also mentioned in the Tamil grammar work "Tolkāppiyam", as the god of sea and rain. In the Hindu Puranas, Varuna is the god of oceans, his vehicle is a Makara (part fish, sea creature) and his weapon is a Pasha (noose, rope loop). He is the guardian deity of title: God and gender in Hinduism text: "Sarasvati" (river, nourishment), "Vac" (sound and speech), and "Nirrti" (death, destruction). Similarly male gods feature prominently in the Vedas, with "Indra" (rain, lightning), "Agni" (fire), "Varuna" (rta, law), "Dyaus" (sky, virility), "Savitr" ("Surya", sun), and "Soma" (drink) some of the most mentioned. The two deities most mentioned in Rigveda are Indra and Agni, both male. Surya is the third most revered god, again a male. Each is mentioned, anywhere rain and fire is evoked. They are profusely praised, with ceremonies and prayers to all gods and goddesses symbolically organized around fire (Agni yajna). The hymns seek strengthening of fire, and title: Indra text: Indra In the Vedas, Indra is the king of Svarga (Heaven) and the Devas. He is the god of the heavens, lightning, thunder, storms, rains and river flows. Indra is the most referred to deity in the "Rigveda". He is celebrated for his powers, and the one who kills the great symbolic evil (malevolent type of Asura) named Vritra who obstructs human prosperity and happiness. Indra destroys Vritra and his "deceiving forces", and thereby brings rains and the sunshine as the friend of mankind. His importance diminishes in the post-Vedic Indian literature where he is depicted as a powerful hero title: Indra text: are referring to the snaking thunderstorm clouds that gather with bellowing winds (Vritra), Indra is then seen as the storm god who intervenes in these clouds with his thunderbolts, which then release the rains nourishing the parched land, crops and thus humanity. In another interpretation by Hillebrandt, Indra is a symbolic sun god (Surya) and Vritra is a symbolic winter-giant (historic mini cycles of ice age, cold) in the earliest, not the later, hymns of "Rigveda". The Vritra is an ice-demon of colder central Asia and northern latitudes, who holds back the water. Indra is the one who releases the title: Yamuna in Hinduism text: Yamuna in Hinduism Yamuna is a sacred river in Hinduism and the main tributary of the Goddess Ganga (Ganges), the holiest river of Hinduism. The river is worshipped as a Hindu goddess called Yamuna. In the Vedas, Yamuna is known as Yami, while in later literature, she is called Kalindi. She is incarnation of Saraswati? In the Vedas, Yami is associated with her twin brother and partner Yama, the god of death. Later, she is associated with the god Krishna as one of Ashtabharya, his consort as well and plays an important role in his early life as a river.