Manasa
Videos
Manasa is a Hindu goddess of snakes. She is worshipped mainly in Bihar, Odisha, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Assam and other
A 20th century print of Manasa
Manasa with her husband Jaratkaru and son Astika flanked by Nagas, 11th century Pala period statue from Bengal
A scene from Manasa Mangal.
Manasa puja on the day of Dashahara at a bedi of Euphorbia neriifolia, in West Bengal.
Behula
Videos
Behula is a protagonist in the Manasamangal genre of Assamese, Angika and Bengali medieval epics. A number of works belonging to this genre were written between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries
Ruins claimed to be Lakshmindara-Behula's bridal chamber, near Bogra in Bangladesh
A statue of the dead Lakshindara with Behula at a Durga Puja Pandal, Kolkata