But in India, except as represented by the hearth, for cooking, little regard is paid to him, since fires are not required for warmth.

New gods have arisen in Hinduism.

The sun was an important Vedic deity, both as Mitra and under other names.

Vishnu as the sun, or the spirit of whom the sun is the visible embodiment, has become the most important deity in his capacity of the universal giver and preserver of life.

He is also widely venerated in his anthropomorphic forms of Rama, the hero-prince of Ajodhia and leader of the Aryan expedition to Ceylon, and Krishna, the divine cowherd, perhaps some fabled hero sprung from the indigenous tribes.