Devotions to Nagadevata Indian. Devotions to Nagadevata, ca. 1790. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 11 3/16 x 8 1/16 in. (28.4 x 20.5 cm). This unusual painting shows a group of individuals—human, divine, and semi-divine—worshipping a snake deity, or naga (with multiple cobra heads), in a temple setting. Indians of various religious affiliations have worshipped snakes since ancient times: poisonous, but helpful because they eat rodents, serpents are thought to have close ties to the earth and the underworld and are therefore believed to deserve reverence. The multi-headed, white-sk Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/devotions-to-nagadevata-indian-devotions-to-nagadevata-ca-1790-opaque-watercolor-and-gold-on-paper-sheet-11-316-x-8-116-in-284-x-205-cm-this-unusual-painting-shows-a-group-of-individualshuman-divine-and-semi-divineworshipping-a-snake-deity-or-naga-with-multiple-cobra-heads-in-a-temple-setting-indians-of-various-religious-affiliations-have-worshipped-snakes-since-ancient-times-poisonous-but-helpful-because-they-eat-rodents-serpents-are-thought-to-have-close-ties-to-the-earth-and-the-underworld-and-are-therefore-believed-to-deserve-reverence-the-multi-headed-white-sk-image504705711.html
RM2M9397Y–Devotions to Nagadevata Indian. Devotions to Nagadevata, ca. 1790. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 11 3/16 x 8 1/16 in. (28.4 x 20.5 cm). This unusual painting shows a group of individuals—human, divine, and semi-divine—worshipping a snake deity, or naga (with multiple cobra heads), in a temple setting. Indians of various religious affiliations have worshipped snakes since ancient times: poisonous, but helpful because they eat rodents, serpents are thought to have close ties to the earth and the underworld and are therefore believed to deserve reverence. The multi-headed, white-sk
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