Ahalya: Indra's disguise, the curse, the redemption

Classical

In this telling the page says she went along believing it was her husband.

Near Mithila stands the hermitage of Gautama and Ahalya. Indra disguised as Gautama approaches Ahalya, who goes along with him believing it to be her husband. Gautama returns and curses Indra to lose his testicles and Ahalya to live unseen, lying in ash, until Rama's arrival purifies her; he leaves for the Himalayas. Redemption is sargas 49-50.