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These hoods are bedecked with valuable gems and ,with the light emanating from the gems. They are all extremely angry, and they have many, many hoods -some snakes five hoods, some seven, some ten, others a hundred and others a thousand. Srimad Bhagavata Purana (5.24.31) describes the nether land known as Pātāla or Nāgaloka, where there are many demoniac serpents, the masters of Nāgaloka, such as Śankha, Kulika, Mahāśańkha, Sveta, Dhanañjaya, Dhritarashtra, Śańkhacūda, Kambala, Aśvatara and Devadatta. It is described as an immense province, with its Capital at Bhogavati, crowded with palaces and mansions and, filled with precious gems ( nagamani), jewels, gold, other treasures and with various other types of riches. The seals of the Indus valley excavated from the sites in Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro also depict close association of trees with the serpents.Īpart from the trees and mountains, the domain of the serpents is also said to be the enchanted underworld, the realm of the Naga-loka or Patala-loka, ruled by King Vasuki, the Nagaraja. The big trees that populate the hills are the natural abode of the serpents that move around freely amidst the branches and the foliage of the giant trees. And, the two have close association with the mountains*. In the ancient Indian symbolisms, the tree and the serpent are twin spirits. Which scriptures mentioned about ‘naga’? Please provide some detailed explanation. What you have to say about ‘naga’ (snake god) worship in Hinduism.