Q. Which of the following deities were associated with the ‘Rig Vedic Period’ ? Purandara Varuna Savitri Usha Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Notes: Indra (also known as Purandra:meaning ‘breaker of forts’), Agni, Soma, Varuna (Upholder of cosmic order) Asvins, Maruts, Mitra, Ushas (Goddess of dawn), Savitri (Deity invoked in the gayatri mantra) , Pushan, Dyaus and Prithvi were some of the major deities of Rig Vedic Period. They were invoked for their blessings by the Vedic Aryans.

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