Naga Gods of Ancient India: There Is FAR More To This Story Than We've Been Told

There were serpent-like beings on Earth thousands of years ago, they were known as the Nagas. They are most well known from ancient Indian texts like the Mahabharata, but they were not limited to the Indian subcontinent, nearly every ancient culture is linked to these strange beings. Who are they, what did they look like and what is their role in the history of our planet? Watch and find out as we uncovered the true story of these strange deities.

[georgethomas]

I am from the Akan tribe of Ghana and we also have a story of the nagas in our culture! Very Cool

[kevinr]

they are far older than the Sumerian kings which are the newer gods but hey may have belonged to the elder gods where root was in India kilash area. Most of these documentaries have great information but ultimately misaligned. The first step is to put a timeline and gather source data and then examine that source data. When you see how it unfolds you will know things that will put our history in another context

[sheenpipin]

Kashmir also had Nagas as the original inhabitants, as per the Nilamata Purana. To this day, all the natural springs of water are named after them, the most famous one being Anantnag, which is incidentally also the name of the second most important district of Kashmir.

[rageevyoganathan]

The Naga people are believed by some to be an ancient tribe who once inhabited Sri Lanka and various parts of Southern India. There are references to Nagas in several ancient texts such as Mahavamsa, Manimekalai, Mahabharata and also in other Sanskrit and Pali literature. Certain places such as Nagadeepa in Jaffna and Kalyani in Gampaha are mentioned as their abodes. The names of some Naga kings in Sri Lankan legends such as Mani Akkhitha (Mani Naga) and Mahodara are also found in Sanskrit literature among superhuman Nagas, and the cult of Mani Naga prevailed in India up to medieval times.

Early kings of Anuradapura kingdom in Sri lanka were tamil speaking Nagas who were budhist. Budhism was a major religon the Nagas assimilated to in both Sri lanka / india.

The Jaffna Peninsula was mentioned in Tamil literature as Naka Nadu, in Pali literature as Nagadeepa and in Greek gazetteer as Nagadiba. The name Nagabhumi was also found on a Brahmi-inscribed coin from Uduthurai, Jaffna and in a Tamil inscription from Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu referring to the Jaffna peninsula.

[Tom_Emody]

Why not show images of the items you are speaking of, rather than a random slide show of unrelated objects? ……Tom

[drukpakunley]

The Truth is Stranger than fiction ...

[shannonliim]

I’m Cambodian. The Nagas are in our legends ❤️

[gandolfthorstefn]

Read the introduction to Nagarjuna's( A Buddhist Abbot of Nalanda University: 2cnd Century A.D) 72 Stanzas on emptiness and his encounter with two Nagas disguised in human form.

[Mike-]

*Me and my Nagas have met plenty of snakes .... in the hood and on our streets*

[Saman_Sangh]

The NAGA were the indigenous people of India.

[jdiluigi]

Well I know what ill be drifting off to sleep listening to and dreaming of the next few nights...

[rodneyatleson]

Thank you for this very informative video! This has helped me to understand so many unanswered questions that i have had as well as brought comfort in things that i have seen and experienced through the years.

[shauniebnaturalista]

The head dress in the thumbnail reminds me of Egyptian Pharaohs, who had the cobra extending out of their third eye.

[roblangsworld]

Interestingly Australian Aboriginal Dream time stories describe the Rainbow Serpent as the Creator and Destroyer of Life! I was in Kakadu National Park back in ealry 80s and at 5am we got up to witness the sunrise and the water birds taking off over the wetland plains from Obirir Rock! There is a rock painting of the Rainbow serpent and as you look accross to the Arnham land escarpement you can see the "actual dormant Rainbow Serpent" which is the worlds lartgest Uranium deposits (yellowcake) ! The Dreamtime story refers to this dormant Rainbow serpent and says that if he is ever disturbed, he will destroy the earth! A chill went up my spine as I instantly realised these so called primative people knew the power of this stuff!

[bobbycollins]

Interesting but i think this would have been better as a series. I found myself looking at the images. Much of which didn't seem to go with what you were talking about.
I had to stop watching & just listened. Like it was a podcast.
To much information to take in at one time. I will have to listen to it again. And to do so in about 20 minute. At a time.
By the time it was finished. I couldn't remember everything that was said about the nagas. So I will have to make it a series myself😄

[paulomi]

Parsvanatha is the Jain Tirthankar who is always depicted with a naga's hood over his head. Yaksha Dharenendra and Yakshi Padmavati, two Yakshas, are frequently seen flanking him. The snake, the chaitya tree-dhava, the Yaksha-Matang, the Yakshani-Kushmadi, and other symbols are essential to Parshwanath

[mr.timebombman]

Would love to check out India sometime. That, and Egypt. Bucket list stuff.

[TySosa-urmu]

Wow, very very good I’ve been seeking this knowledge and trying to piece things together, just wow

[sonofapollon]

The Nagas are depicted in the reptillian figures that were found in Southern Mesopotamia dated to be from the ubaid period. Nagas had advanced civilizations all over Asia not only the Indus Valley civilization and Southeast Asia but Mesopotamia also. They were on Earth since the times of Mu/Lemuria far before the Annunaki. These Nagas were chosen by Enlil and Enki to create the new bloodline of Sumerian kings post-deluge. The kingship was in Kish after the deluge and this was the start of the dynasties of serpent kings. These Nagas escaped to inner Earth to escape the destruction of the deluge (inner earth is patala loka, a parallel dimension with a physical connection underneath to the earth where they are said to live in the puranas) and when they emerged were rewarded by the gods with royal poisitions.

[lifearttimes]

THIS. Hope, many people around the world watch this.🙌🏽✨🙌🏽