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Indra festival or Indra Vizha is a festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu since the Sangam Age. It is celebrated in the honour of Indra, the deity of Marutham Landscape. In the Marutham Landscape, the agriculturists used to worship Indra as their 'Lord'. Indra was considered as the God of the rains and since the farmers were dependent on rains for their crops, they used to worship Lord Indra for rain, thunder and lightning. It was generally believed that this festival was actually a prayer to Indra, and would remove the difficulties and dangers to those who celebrate it.
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