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Describe the characteristics of Vedic religions while describing polytheism in Vedic religion.

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Vedic religion is an ancient religion. Description of Vedic religion is found in Vedic literature. Polytheism in Vedic religion : In the vedic religion, people used to worship the natural powers of dieties. In this period people used to practise the chanting of mantras and Yajana, etc. to please the dieties, so that the dieties may fulfil their desires. The people of Vedic period used to worship many Gods and Goddesses and worshipped according to time and reverence. The main dieties in Vedic religion were Sun, Moon, Indra, Sky, Vayu (air) Usha, aditi, Indus, Aakhayayni-Saraswati, etc. The god which was praised in Vedic religion, was considered paramount. Thus there were many dieties of Vedic people. This is called polytheism in Vedic religion.

Features of Vedic religion : 

Features of Vedic religion are following :

  • Belief in polytheism and power : Vedic people used to worship many Gods and Goddesses. They used to worship the natural powers as different deities. They worshipped according to time and reverence. 
  • Worship of Natural powers : The Vedic people used to worship natural powers as deities and worshipped them. The chief deities of Vedic period were sun, moon, Indra, sky, Vayu. Indra was considered to be a God of tornado, hurricane (storm) and rain. Usha was considered to be the Goddess of dawn. All these Gods and Goddesses were worshipped with chanting of mantras.
  • Trust in one God : Initially the vedic people believed in polytheism and used to worship natural powers as different, but gradually they tried to find a supreme deity. Thus their faith in monotheism increased. They began to believe that this whole world was being operated by a great power. 
  • Complications in Sacrifice (Yajna) Rite : Initially the Vedic Yajnas was very simple. The head of the house only used to do all worship precisely, but gradually complex ritualism entered the Yajna. As a result the Yajna became very expensive. Thus the expensive Yajnas that went on through out the year were out of the ordinary people’s capacity. 
  • Optimistic attitude : Vedic people were optimistic. They had a positive attitude towards their life. They believed that the devoed people live happily in this world under the protection of liberal gods and they also get happiness and peace in the after life in paradise.

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