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VOL. 16 No. 1
The Naga Connection cOBrA cOuSinS

Monocled Cobra and Spitting
Cobra inhabit some regions of India
Nagas have been attributed to many elements in India. Below are a few along with Indian Cobra and King
of the Naga connections.
Cobra.

nAgA nAMed PLAceS

Anantnag Nagpur Nagaur Thiruvananthapuram Nagercoil
Naga in Kashmiri The city and river are The city was ruled The name of the city is The name of the
means ‘spring’ as named after ‘Naga’. by the Nagavanshi derived from the Great town Nagercoil
spring in the past was It was earlier called Kshatriya clan and Anantha Naga, who is originated from
associated with snake ‘Fanindrapura’, which was named after also known as Great the Nagaraja
worship. The name came from the word them. Serpent Adishesha. temple.
Anantnag comes from ‘Fana’ — the hood of saksham, iX a, Tanya Chauhan, Xi C,
the spring of Shesha the snakes. Model academy, Jaypee Public school,
Nag. shuchi laha, Vii, gwalior glory Jammu Noida
high school, gwalior

nAgA And nAgin On indiAn ScreenS

Serpents have been a fascinating theme for Indian filmmakers.
India has produced films like Nagin (1954), Nagina (1986),
Sheshnaag (1990), Hisss (2010), Cobra (2012) and many more.
Concepts such as curses, revenge, magical snake gems, travel
from earth to the heavens in films also revolve around snakes.
Shape-shifting snake women called Ichchhadhari Nagin have seen a
common portrayal many a times on Indian Television.

ActiVitY: nAgA cOnnectiOn MuSt See: BAttLe OF tHe BrAVe —
Find out what the following Naga names denote: cOBrA VS MOngOOSe

Nagapanchami Traditional festival of snake Read Rudyard Kipling's book Rikki
worship Tikki Tavi. Here, he has described
a battle between a Cobra and a
Naga Mani Mythical snake jewel
Mongoose, which is a species known
Nagendra _________________________ for killing cobras, even King Cobras. He
writes: "Eye to eye and head to head....
Naga Kesara _________________________ This shall end when one is dead."

Nagaloka _________________________ Write the autobiography of an Indian
mongoose or an Indian Cobra and
Naga Nakshatra _________________________ mention this battle in your story.

Naganana _________________________ Watch this battle here: https://video.
nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a23-d3cb-a96c-
Ishita Jain, VII B, Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, Delhi; N. S.
Abhyaktha, Chinmaya Vidyalaya CBSE, Coimbatore 7b2f1bf90000
safiya Khan, Vi e, Delhi Public school, Mathura road, Delhi

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