| Krishna saw that the cowherd men of Vrindavan were preparing for a ceremony to pacify Indra, the deva in charge of rainfall. |
| It is the great caon of the deva, one of the finest passes in the world. |
| A deva prasnam conducted in July 1975 revealed that the image had been consecrated by a saint from Tirupati more than one thousand years ago. |
| This last stage has completed our circle and brought us again to the deva. |
| Similarly, it is typical for bodhisattva statues and those of deva or lesser deities to be polychromed. |
| That gives them a special affinity for one deva rather than for another. |
