Indian Mythology (by ApamNapat)
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Ahalya and Indra

This is the story of how Indra came to be cursed by the sage Gautama, for his act of adultery with Ahalya, Gautama's wife.

Indra was also a claimant to the hand of Ahalya, when she her father had arranged for a swayamwara for her. In the end, she chose Gautama to be her husband.