Nagaraja

A Nagaraja (Sanskrit: नागराज nāgarāja, lit. 'king of the nagas') is a king of the various races of the nāga, the divine or semi-divine, half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala), and can occasionally take human form. Rituals devoted to these supernatural beings have been taking place throughout South Asia for at least two thousand years.

This article is about the mythical figure. For the given name, see Nagaraj. For the comics superhero, see Nagraj. For other uses, see Nagraj (disambiguation).
Nagaraja
8th-century Nagaraja carving, Alampur, Telangana
Devanagariनागराज
Sanskrit transliterationNāgarāja
Wylie transliterationKlu'i rgyal po
AffiliationNāga
AbodePatala
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