Vishnu, called as Mayon, was the chief Deity of the geographical Division,Mullai, Forest Lands,
Indra, for Marutham, Region surrounding arable fields,
Varuna, for Neydhal, Sea shore,
Kotravai(Durga), for Desert Lands and
Murugan(Subrahmanya) for Kurinji, Mountainous area.
Murugan was worshiped as Skanda in Vedas.
The Vedas were intutively grasped in the for of Sounds by the Seers,Rishis.
They can not be really called composers, they have complied what they have intutively learnt.
The major families that composed these hymns are the Bharadvajas, Visvamitras, Vasisthas, Vamadevas, Grtsamadas and Atris. Each of these is attributed a Mandala (or Book) in the Rig Veda. These Mandalas are thus referred to as the Kula Mandalas (Family Books).
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