Indradyumna
Indradyumna (Sanskrit: इन्द्रद्युम्न, romanized: Indradyumna) is the name of various kings featured in Hindu literature.
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Watercolour painting on paper of Indradyumna seated in a carriage | |
| Texts | Mahabharata, Puranas |
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| Dynasty | Suryavamsha |
It is the name of a Pandya king featured in the Mahabharata and the Puranas, the son of King Sumati of the Suryavamsha (Solar dynasty) and the grandson of Bharata. This king is best known for his legend of being rescued by Vishnu in the Gajendra Moksha and the episode of his fall from heaven after the exhaustion of his virtue, and his subsequent return.
It is also the name of the king of the country of Avanti, sharing the same ancestry as the Pandya king. This Indradyumna is best known for the legend of his installation of the idols of the Jagannath temple of Puri, featured prominently in the Puruṣottama-kṣetra-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purana.