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Unveiling the Serpent Divine: Rigorous Comparison of Hindu Nagas and Ancient Greece’s Glycon
Serpent deities crystallize a universal human intuition about healing, protection, and moral order. This rigorous, evidence-based comparison places Hindu Nagas—plural, ecologically integrated, and cosmologically central—alongside the Greco-Roman Glycon, a historically bounded healing and oracular cult. Drawing on the Mahabharata, Puranas, and living festivals such as Naga Panchami and Nagula Chavithi, it shows how Nagas unify…
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Unveiling Nāga Kanyā: A Research-Backed Guide to Hinduism’s Boundless Serpent Guardian
Nāga Kanyā—“the virgin serpent”—is a pan-Indic guardian archetype whose maidenly autonomy and serpentine potency protect thresholds, waters, and life. This research-grounded overview situates Nāga Kanyā in Hindu scriptures and art (Jaratkaru, Ulūpī, Hoysala and Chola sculptures) while clarifying that “virgin” signifies self-sovereignty, not social status. It explains how nāga-kanyā symbolism converges with festivals such as…
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Discover the Sacred Himalaya: Complete Gangnani Journey, Hidden Nagas, Living Temples
This account follows a group into the Hindu Himalaya, pausing at Gangnani’s hot springs and a cave associated with Maharishi Parashara, before a rare midnight audience with a Naga baba of the Juna Akhara. A hidden mountain trail reveals a secluded village where Nagas and an ancient deodar cedar are venerated as living guardians of…