Worshipped in Buddhist and Hindu Asia, nagas are dragon-like serpents that are half human and half serpent living in the underworld or in waters that move through the earth and fly to the heavens. These semi-divine creatures symbolize abundance and fertility and are guardians of the earth’s waters, venerated for bestowing prosperity and fertility, healing sickness, and granting wishes. As protectors of Buddha and Buddhism they embellish architecture and furnishings in Southeast Asian temples, buildings and homes. In many Hindu myths the gods are protected by nagas.
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Hand bells are used in daily puja (rituals), placed on a home altar, and rung to call the devoted to worship and ask the gods to grace their devotees with their presence. Their sound creates a spiritual atmosphere and increases the intensity of the Hindu religious experience, and bells are an important part of Hinduism…
Nagas are powerful folk art serpents similar to dragons who live in the underworld or in waters, move through the earth as if it were water or fly through the heavens. Often described as a half-serpent, half-human, these semi-divine mythical animals have a past in animism and were object of rituals, worship and devotion as a…
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