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Nagas (Serpents)
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According
to Indian culture snakes are also considered as gods. ‘Nagas’ or ‘Sarppas’ means
snakes. Usually we considers a naga as a king cobra. There
are more importance for this ‘Nagas’ in our
epics. Many stories are written about them.
One of the very famous snake in our epic ‘Mahabharatha’ is ‘Anantha’,
on that snake Lord Mahavishnu is laying. Great enemy of Nagas in the epics
is Garuda, the vehicle of Vishnu.
Main offering to nagas are "Paalum, noorum".
This can be offered in almost all naga temples in kerala.
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List of Naga/Serpants Temples
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