Image: Indra

Indra

by Sudhansu Ajaudharany (ca. 1930)

The San Diego Museum of Art at Flickr.

More about Indra at Wikipedia.

Image: Indra and Jayanta Battle Krishna and Pradyumna

Indra and Jayanta Battle Krishna and Pradyumna

India, Kangra, circa 1800-1820

From Christie's description (catalog page): "With Indra astride his white elephant Airavata at center, Jayanta next to him in a horse-drawn chariot and both facing Krishna and Satyaki seated on golden Garuda, with Jayanta shown again above engaged in fierce battle with Pradyumna at upper right, the celestial inhabitants in their cloud-borne palaces at left looking on."

More about Pradyumna, Krishna, Indra, and Jayanta at Wikipedia.

Details:

Krishna on Garuda

 

Indra on Airavata

Jayanta

Pradyumna

Image: Sita's test by fire

Sita's test by fire

(Wikimedia: British Library's Mewar Ramayana)

From the Library site: With Ravana finally dead, Sita has prepared herself for seeing her husband once again. But Rama has repudiated her: she has lived in another man's house and hence it would not be fitting for him to take her back. To prove her chastity and vindicate her honour, Sita has a great fire prepared and casts herself into it. Agni the golden god of fire himself rises from the flames attesting to Sita's purity and presents her to her husband. The gods headed by Brahma on his goose, Indra on his elephant and Siva and Parvati on the bull Nandi come down from heaven and Rama's father, king Dasaratha, comes back from the dead all with the same message. Rama announces that he has not doubted her for an instant, but that the trial was necessary so that the people should not doubt her either. He requests that the god Indra restore to life those monkeys who have died in the struggle. As Indra departs, he bathes the dead monkeys in nectar, so that they return, wildly rejoicing, to life.

Details:
The gods Brahma, Shiva, and Indra appear;
Agni restores Sita from the fire;
Rama's father, Dasharatha, appears;
Indra brings monkeys back to life.

Details:

Image: Indra

Indra on Airavata
painting circa 1820
(from the British Museum)

Here is the description from the British Museum page: Gouache painting on paper from a portfolio of sixty-three paintings of deities and daily life. Indra, guardian of the east, rides on his elephant, Airāvata. The red-complexioned and thousand eyed god is accompanied by two attendants on foot, one carrying a parasol, the other carrying a spear. Indra has a tanka (chisel) in his upper right hand, a vajra (thunderbolt) in his upper left, and in the lower right, a sword with a serrated edge. Airāvata carries a garland of flowers in his trunk.

Image: Karna and Indra

Karna and Indra

(illustrated Mahabharata)

For Karna's exchange with Indra, see Wikipedia.

Image: Krishna and Mount Govardhan

Krishna and Mount Govardhan,

with Indra on Airavata bringing the storm

(British Museum, circa 1690)

More about Mount Govardhan at Wikipedia.

Image: Indra and Shachi Riding Airavata

Indra and Shachi (Indrani) Riding Airavata

late 17th century
(Los Angeles County Museum of Art)


You can find out more about Airavata at Wikipedia; his image even appears on the royal flag of Thailand.

Detail:

Image: Kali

Kali with Indra, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. 
(Wikimedia: Walters Art Museum page)

You can read more at Wikipedia:
Kali, Indra, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva.

From the Museum site: The terrifying goddess Kali, wearing a necklace of skulls and holding a severed head in one of her hands, is here worshiped by the great gods. From the left, we see Indra, Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and Shiva (the destroyer). Kali stands for the forces of destruction, but she is also a life-giver. Her posture is that of a woman giving birth.

Details:

Brahma and the Lokapalas

Brahma on a turtle with the four Lokapalas. 

From left to right: Varuna on a horse, Kubera with a lion, Yama with a bull, and Indra with an elephant.

You can read more about the Lokapalas at Wikipedia, and also about Brahma.

(Wikimedia: Sri Lanka, 9th century; the object is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but no image at their website.)

Some detailed images:

Image: Burning of Khandava Forest

Burning of Khandava Forest.

Indra summons rain from above

and Krishna shoots arrows from below

while the animals flee the forest in terror.

(Banteay Srei temple, Cambodia)

Detail:

Image: Indra and Kunti

Image source: Indra and Kunti

Arjuna was the son of Indra with Kunti.