19th century Kalighat painting of Manasa Devi
holding two snakes Aligi and Viligi.
Mansa Devi is a Hindu folk goddess of snakes, worshipped in Bengal and other parts of North and northeastern Bharat , chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite and also for fertility and prosperity.
Manasa is the sister of Vasuki , king of Nāgas (snakes) and wife of sage Jagatkāru (Jaratkāru).
She is also known as Vishahara (the destroyer of poison), Jagadgaurī , Nityā (eternal) and Padmavati.
holding two snakes Aligi and Viligi.
Mansa Devi is a Hindu folk goddess of snakes, worshipped in Bengal and other parts of North and northeastern Bharat , chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite and also for fertility and prosperity.
Manasa is the sister of Vasuki , king of Nāgas (snakes) and wife of sage Jagatkāru (Jaratkāru).
She is also known as Vishahara (the destroyer of poison), Jagadgaurī , Nityā (eternal) and Padmavati.
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