Religious Condition of Vedic Age

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                Religious Condition of Vedic Age

The Rigveda being predominantly a religious scripture,throws considerable light on the religious conditions and beliefs of the Aryans. The Aryan's religion was simple there were neither temples nor idols,but people used to pray different deities.
The Aryans had a great respect for nature and they would find any beauty or power,they would just bow their heads and entreat mercy from the objects and invested them with supernatural or divine character.
The total gods in Rigveda period is Thirty-three.
  1. Eleven gods of heaven which included Indra, Varuna, Surya, Savitri, Mitra and like.
  2. Eleven gods in mid-air like Vayu,Maruti,Prajanya etc.
    3.   Eleven gods on earth itself like Prithvi,Agni,Brihaspati,Soma              etc.
The Aryans used to attach importance to a particular god according to their needs and requirements.They would even attach greater importance to another god or goddess when needs so arouse.It did not mean any dishonor to any particular god but merely that their requirements differed from time to time.

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