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interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manasa" title="Manasa – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Manasa" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manas%C3%A1_(diosa_hinduista)" title="Manasá (diosa hinduista) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Manasá (diosa hinduista)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manasa" title="Manasa – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Manasa" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80" title="मनसा देवी – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="मनसा देवी" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B8_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF" title="മാനസ ദേവി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മാനസ ദേവി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manasa" title="Manasa – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Manasa" 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class="infobox-subheader"><div style="font-size: 110%;">Goddess of Serpents</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Manasa_Devi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Manasa_Devi.jpg/220px-Manasa_Devi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Manasa_Devi.jpg/330px-Manasa_Devi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Manasa_Devi.jpg/440px-Manasa_Devi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3515" data-file-height="4805" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A 20th century print of Manasa</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hajong_language" title="Hajong language">Hajong</a></th><td class="infobox-data">মনসা / কাণি দেউও (Kānī Dīyāʊ) / চেংমুড়ি কানী (Cēṅmuṛi Kānī)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Devi</a>, <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">Nāga</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Mantra" title="Mantra">Mantra</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ōṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ klīṁ aiṁ manasādēvyai svāhā</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cactus" title="Cactus">Cactus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vahana" title="Vahana">Mount</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Swan" title="Swan">Swan</a>, Serpent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Texts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manasamangal_K%C4%81vya" title="Manasamangal Kāvya">Manasamangal Kāvya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">Female</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Festivals</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naag_Panchami" class="mw-redirect" title="Naag Panchami">Naag Panchami</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569;">Genealogy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> or <a href="/wiki/Kashyapa" title="Kashyapa">Kashyapa</a> (father) <a href="/wiki/Kadru" title="Kadru">Kadru</a> (mother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Siblings</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vasuki" title="Vasuki">Vasuki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shesha" title="Shesha">Shesha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaliya" title="Kaliya">Kaliya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Takshaka" title="Takshaka">Takshaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karkotaka" title="Karkotaka">Karkotaka</a>, Irāvatī</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jaratkaru" title="Jaratkaru">Jaratkaru</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Astika_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astika (Hinduism)">Astika</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Manasa</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">मनसा</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Sanskrit" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Sanskrit">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Manasā</i></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Hindu goddess</a> of snakes.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is worshipped mainly in <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="South Assam">South Assam</a> and other parts of <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">northeastern India</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a>, chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite, and also for fertility and prosperity. In <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, Manasa is the sister of <a href="/wiki/Shesha" title="Shesha">Shesha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vasuki" title="Vasuki">Vasuki</a>, king of Nāgas (serpents), and wife of sage <a href="/wiki/Jaratkaru" title="Jaratkaru">Jaratkaru</a>. She is the mother of the sage <a href="/wiki/Astika_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astika (Hinduism)">Astika</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilkins2004395_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilkins2004395-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is also known as <i>Vishahari</i> (the destroyer of poison), <i>Nityā</i> (eternal) and <i>Padmavati</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDowson2003196_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDowson2003196-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In regional tradition, her stories emphasise her bad temper and unhappiness, due to rejection by her father, <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>, and her husband ( Jaratkaru), and the hate of her stepmother <a href="/wiki/Chandi" title="Chandi">Chandi</a> (Shiva's wife, identified with <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a> in this context). Manasa is depicted as kind to her devotees, but harsh toward people who refuse to worship her.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDaniel2004148_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDaniel2004148-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Denied full godhood due to her mixed parentage, Manasa's aim was to fully establish her authority as a goddess, and to acquire steadfast human devotees.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bhattacharya and Sen suggest that Manasa originated in South India as a non-Vedic and non-Aryan goddess and is related to the <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> folk snake-goddess Manchamma.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDimock1962315–6_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDimock1962315–6-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manasa was originally an <a href="/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi">Adivasi</a> (tribal) goddess. She was accepted in the pantheon worshipped by Hindu groups. Later, Dimock suggests that although snake worship is found in the <a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a> (the earliest Hindu scriptures), Manasa - a human goddess of snakes - has "little basis" in early Hinduism.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDimock1962312–3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDimock1962312–3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhattacharya suggests another influence on Manasa being the poison-curing <a href="/wiki/Mahayana_Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahayana Buddhist">Mahayana Buddhist</a> goddess, Janguli. Janguli shares her swan vehicle and her "poison-destroyer" epithet with Manasa. A theory suggests that Janguli may have been influenced by the Kirata-giri ("the conqueror of all poisons") of the <i><a href="/wiki/Atharvaveda" title="Atharvaveda">Atharvaveda</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDimock1962316-7_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDimock1962316-7-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to McDaniel, she was included in the higher-caste Hindu pantheon, where she is now regarded as a Hindu goddess rather than a tribal one.<sup id="cite_ref-McDaniel_p.148_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDaniel_p.148-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Tate, Manasa as Jaratkaru was initially recognized as a daughter of the sage <a href="/wiki/Kashyapa" title="Kashyapa">Kashyapa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kadru" title="Kadru">Kadru</a>, the mother of all <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">nagas</a> in the epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDimock1962313–4_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDimock1962313–4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tate_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tate-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Bhattacharya, the Jaratkaru of the Mahabharata is not the Manasa popular in Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDimock1962315_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDimock1962315-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 14th century, Manasa was identified as the goddess of fertility and marriage rites and was assimilated into the <a href="/wiki/Shaiva" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaiva">Shaiva</a> pantheon, related to the god Shiva. Myths glorified her by describing that she saved Shiva after he drank the poison, and venerated her as the "remover of poison". Her popularity grew and spread to southern India, and the cult of her followers began to rival the earliest Shaivism (the cult of Shiva). As a consequence, stories attributing Manasa's birth to Shiva emerged and ultimately Shaivism adopted this indigenous goddess into the Brahmanical tradition of mainstream Hinduism.<sup id="cite_ref-tate_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tate-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alternatively, Vasudev suggests that the Bengali tale of Manasa reflects rivalry between Shaivism and the goddess-centric <a href="/wiki/Shaktism" title="Shaktism">Shaktism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDimock1962311_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDimock1962311-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Iconography">Iconography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Iconography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bangladesh_o_india_orientale,_la_dea_serpente_manasa,_XI_secolo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Bangladesh_o_india_orientale%2C_la_dea_serpente_manasa%2C_XI_secolo.jpg/220px-Bangladesh_o_india_orientale%2C_la_dea_serpente_manasa%2C_XI_secolo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="467" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Bangladesh_o_india_orientale%2C_la_dea_serpente_manasa%2C_XI_secolo.jpg/330px-Bangladesh_o_india_orientale%2C_la_dea_serpente_manasa%2C_XI_secolo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Bangladesh_o_india_orientale%2C_la_dea_serpente_manasa%2C_XI_secolo.jpg/440px-Bangladesh_o_india_orientale%2C_la_dea_serpente_manasa%2C_XI_secolo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1264" data-file-height="2684" /></a><figcaption> Manasa with her husband <a href="/wiki/Jaratkaru" title="Jaratkaru">Jaratkaru</a> and son Astika flanked by <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">Nagas</a>, 11th century <a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala period</a> statue from <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Manasa is depicted as a beautiful woman with a golden complexion (hence the nickname Gauri, Golden) and smiling face. She wears red garments and gold jewellery. She has four arms, with her upper right hands holding a <a href="/wiki/Shankha" title="Shankha">shankh</a> and her left hand holding her favorite flower, lotus. Her lower left hand holds a snake and the right lower right hand displays <a href="/wiki/Varadamudra" title="Varadamudra">Varadamudra</a>. She is covered with snakes, sitting on a <a href="/wiki/Lotus_platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Lotus platform">lotus platform</a> or standing upon a snake. She is sheltered by the canopy of the hoods of seven <a href="/wiki/Cobra" title="Cobra">cobras</a>. Sometimes, she is depicted with a child on her lap. The child is assumed to be her son, <a href="/wiki/Astika_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astika (mythology)">Astika</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilkins2004395_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilkins2004395-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a>, she is rarely seen with her husband, Jaratkaru. In some of her idols she is shown with <a href="/wiki/Behula" title="Behula">Behula</a> and Lakshminder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legend">Legend</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mahabharata"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> tells the story of Manasa's marriage. Sage Jaratkaru practised severe austerities and had decided to abstain from marriage. Once, he came across a group of men hanging from a tree upside down. These men were his <a href="/wiki/Pitrs" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitrs">ancestors</a>, who were doomed to misery as their children had not performed their last rites. So, they advised Jaratkaru to marry and have a son who could free them of those miseries by performing the ceremonies. <a href="/wiki/Vasuki" title="Vasuki">Vasuki</a> offered his sister Manasa's hand to <a href="/wiki/Jaratkaru" title="Jaratkaru">Jaratkaru</a>. Manasa gave birth to a son, <a href="/wiki/Astika_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astika (mythology)">Astika</a>, who freed his ancestors. Astika also helped in saving the naga race from destruction when King <a href="/wiki/Janamejaya" title="Janamejaya">Janamejaya</a> decided to exterminate them by sacrificing them in his <a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">yajna</a>, called the <a href="/wiki/Sarpa_Satra" title="Sarpa Satra">sarpa satra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Puranas">Puranas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Puranas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:India,_Calcutta,_Kalighat_painting,_19th_century_-_Manasa,_The_Snake_Goddess_-_2003.106_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Manasa%2C_The_Snake_Goddess_-_2003.106_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-220px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Manasa%2C_The_Snake_Goddess_-_2003.106_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Manasa%2C_The_Snake_Goddess_-_2003.106_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-330px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Manasa%2C_The_Snake_Goddess_-_2003.106_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Manasa%2C_The_Snake_Goddess_-_2003.106_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-440px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Manasa%2C_The_Snake_Goddess_-_2003.106_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4263" data-file-height="5881" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kalighat_painting" title="Kalighat painting">Kalighat painting</a> of goddess Manasā standing on a snake with a few wrapped in her hand, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Museum_of_Art" title="Cleveland Museum of Art">Cleveland Museum of Art</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Purana" class="mw-redirect" title="Purana">Purana</a></i>s are the first scriptures to speak about her birth. They declare that sage Kashyapa is her father, not Shiva as described in the later <i><a href="/wiki/Mangalkavya" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangalkavya">Mangalkavya</a></i>s. Once, when serpents and reptiles had created chaos on the Earth, Kashyapa created the goddess Manasa from his mind (<i>mana</i>). The creator god <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a> made her the presiding deity of snakes and reptiles. Manasa gained control over the earth, by the power of <a href="/wiki/Mantra" title="Mantra">mantras</a> she chanted. Manasa then propitiated the god Shiva, who told her to please the god <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. Upon being pleased, Krishna granted her divine <a href="/wiki/Siddhi" title="Siddhi">Siddhi</a> powers and ritually worshipped her, making her an established goddess.<sup id="cite_ref-purana_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-purana-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kashyapa married Manasa to sage <a href="/wiki/Jaratkaru" title="Jaratkaru">Jaratkaru</a>, who agreed to marry her on the condition that he would leave her if she disobeyed him. Once, when Jaratkaru was awakened by Manasa, he became upset with her because she awakened him too late for worship, and so he left her temporarily.<sup id="cite_ref-purana_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-purana-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mangalkavyas">Mangalkavyas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mangalkavyas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:G%C3%B6ttin_Manasa_in_Lehm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/G%C3%B6ttin_Manasa_in_Lehm.jpg/220px-G%C3%B6ttin_Manasa_in_Lehm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/G%C3%B6ttin_Manasa_in_Lehm.jpg/330px-G%C3%B6ttin_Manasa_in_Lehm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/G%C3%B6ttin_Manasa_in_Lehm.jpg/440px-G%C3%B6ttin_Manasa_in_Lehm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="885" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Mud idol of Manasa in the <a href="/wiki/Sundarbans" title="Sundarbans">Sundarbans</a>, West Bengal, India.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Mangalkavya" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangalkavya">Mangalkavya</a></i>s were devotional paeans to local deities such as Manasa, composed in Bengal between the 13th and the 18th centuries. The <i><a href="/wiki/Manasamangal_K%C4%81vya" title="Manasamangal Kāvya">Manasa Mangalkavya</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Gupta_(poet)" title="Vijay Gupta (poet)">Vijay Gupta</a> and <i>Manasa Vijaya</i> (1495) by <a href="/wiki/Bipradas_Pipilai" title="Bipradas Pipilai">Bipradas Pipilai</a> trace the origin and myths of the goddess. However these stray further from Puranaic references probably due to creative licenses exercised. </p><p>At least fifteen Mangalkavyas dedicated to Manasa are known. Scholar D. C. Sen traced fifty-one versions of her tale.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDimock1962309_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDimock1962309-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <i>Manasa Vijaya</i>, Manasa was born when a statue of a girl that had been sculpted by Vasuki's mother which was touched by <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>'s seed. Vasuki accepted Manasa as his sister, and granted her the charge of poison that was produced when King <a href="/wiki/Prithu" title="Prithu">Prithu</a> milked the Earth as a cow. When Shiva saw Manasa, he was attracted to her, but she proved to him that he was her father. Shiva took Manasa to his home where his wife, <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Chandi</a>, suspected Manasa of being Shiva's <a href="/wiki/Concubine" class="mw-redirect" title="Concubine">concubine</a> or co-wife, and insulted Manasa and burnt her left eye, leaving Manasa half-blind.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, when Shiva was dying of poison, Manasa cured him. On one occasion, when Chandi kicked her, Manasa rendered her senseless with a glance of her poison eye. Finally, tired of quarrels between Manasa and Chandi, Shiva deserted Manasa under a tree, but created a companion for her from his tears of remorse, called Neto or Netā.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, the sage Jaratkaru married Manasa, but Chandi ruined Manasa's wedding night. Chandi advised Manasa to wear snake ornaments and then threw a frog in the bridal chamber which caused the snakes to run around the chamber. As a consequence, the terrified Jaratkaru ran away from the house. After few days, he returned and Astika, their son, was born.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manasa_Mangal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Manasa_Mangal.jpg/250px-Manasa_Mangal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Manasa_Mangal.jpg/330px-Manasa_Mangal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Manasa_Mangal.jpg/500px-Manasa_Mangal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="724" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>A scene from Manasa Mangal.</figcaption></figure> <p>Accompanied by her adviser, Neto, Manasa descended to earth to see human devotees. She was initially mocked by the people but then Manasa forced them to worship her by raining calamity on those who denied her power. She managed to convert people from different walks of life, including the <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> ruler Hasan, but failed to convert <a href="/wiki/Chand_Sadagar" title="Chand Sadagar">Chand Sadagar</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Manasa wanted to become a goddess like <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a> or <a href="/wiki/Saraswati" title="Saraswati">Saraswati</a>. To get there, she had to achieve the worship of Chand Sadagar who was extremely adamant and took oath not to worship Manasa. Thus to gain his fear and insecurity, Manasa one by one killed his six sons. At last Manasa conspired against two dancers of Indras Court who loved each other, <a href="/wiki/Aniruddha" title="Aniruddha">Anirudha</a> and <a href="/wiki/U%E1%B9%A3%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Uṣā">Usha</a>. Anirudh had to take birth as Lakhinder, Chand and Sanaka's seventh son. Usha took birth as Behula and married him. Manasa killed him but Behula floated on water for nine months with the dead body of her husband and finally brought back the lives of the seven sons and the lost prosperity of Chand. At last, he yielded by offering a flower to the goddess with his left hand without even looking at her. This gesture made Manasa so happy that she resurrected all of Chand's sons and restored his fame and fortunes. The <i>Mangal kavyas</i> say that after this, the worship of Manasa was popular forever.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Manasa Mangalkavya</i> attributes Manasa's difficulty in attracting devotees to an unjust curse she gave to Chand in his previous life. Chand then retaliated with a counter-curse that worshipping her would not be popular on earth unless he worshipped her also.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ananda_K._Coomaraswamy" class="mw-redirect" title="Ananda K. Coomaraswamy">Ananda K. Coomaraswamy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sister_Nivedita" title="Sister Nivedita">Sister Nivedita</a> say, "[The] legend of [Chand Sadagar and] Manasā Devī, [...] who must be as old as the <a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" title="Mycenaean Greece">Mykenean</a> stratum in Asiatic society, reflects the conflict between the religion of Shiva and that of female local deities in Bengal. Afterwards Manasā or Padmā was recognized as a form of <i><a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a></i>, [...] and her worship accepted by <a href="/wiki/Shaiva" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaiva">Shaivas</a>. She is a phase of the mother-divinity who for so many worshippers is nearer and dearer than the far-off and impersonal Shiva...".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Worship">Worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Worship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manasa_puja_on_the_day_of_Dashahara_at_a_bedi_of_Euphorbia_Neriifolia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Manasa_puja_on_the_day_of_Dashahara_at_a_bedi_of_Euphorbia_Neriifolia.jpg/220px-Manasa_puja_on_the_day_of_Dashahara_at_a_bedi_of_Euphorbia_Neriifolia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Manasa_puja_on_the_day_of_Dashahara_at_a_bedi_of_Euphorbia_Neriifolia.jpg/330px-Manasa_puja_on_the_day_of_Dashahara_at_a_bedi_of_Euphorbia_Neriifolia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Manasa_puja_on_the_day_of_Dashahara_at_a_bedi_of_Euphorbia_Neriifolia.jpg/440px-Manasa_puja_on_the_day_of_Dashahara_at_a_bedi_of_Euphorbia_Neriifolia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2996" data-file-height="2960" /></a><figcaption>Manasa puja on the day of Dashahara at a bedi of <a href="/wiki/Euphorbia_neriifolia" title="Euphorbia neriifolia">Euphorbia neriifolia</a>, in <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Women_with_the_Manasa_Silamurti_at_Birbhum_in_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Women_with_the_Manasa_Silamurti_at_Birbhum_in_2021.jpg/250px-Women_with_the_Manasa_Silamurti_at_Birbhum_in_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Women_with_the_Manasa_Silamurti_at_Birbhum_in_2021.jpg/330px-Women_with_the_Manasa_Silamurti_at_Birbhum_in_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Women_with_the_Manasa_Silamurti_at_Birbhum_in_2021.jpg/500px-Women_with_the_Manasa_Silamurti_at_Birbhum_in_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="592" /></a><figcaption>Women with the Manasa <a href="/wiki/Shaligram" title="Shaligram">Sila (murti)</a> during puja at <a href="/wiki/Birbhum" class="mw-redirect" title="Birbhum">Birbhum</a> in 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>Generally, Manasa is worshipped with and without an image. A branch of a cactus tree, an earthen pot or an earthen snake image is worshipped as the goddess,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilkins2004395_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilkins2004395-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though images of Manasa are worshipped too. She is worshipped for protection from and cure of snake bites and infectious diseases like <a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicken_pox" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicken pox">chicken pox</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manasa_debi_Manasa_ghot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Manasa_debi_Manasa_ghot.jpg/250px-Manasa_debi_Manasa_ghot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="380" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Manasa_debi_Manasa_ghot.jpg/330px-Manasa_debi_Manasa_ghot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Manasa_debi_Manasa_ghot.jpg/500px-Manasa_debi_Manasa_ghot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2128" data-file-height="3673" /></a><figcaption>Snake Idol of Goddess Manasa</figcaption></figure> <p>The following of Manasa is most widespread in South Bengal, where she is ritually worshipped in the local temples as well as in the houses. Almost every Hindu household has a dedicated shrine for goddess Manasa along with Lord Vishnu (Hari), the duo represented by the branch of cactus tree and tulsi tree respectively. The goddess is widely worshipped in the rainy season, when the snakes are most active. Manasa is also a very important fertility deity, especially among the lower caste Hindus, and her blessings are invoked during marriage or for childlessness. She is usually worshipped and mentioned along with Neto, who is called Neta, Netidhopani, Netalasundori in various parts of Bengal. </p><p>In North Bengal, among the Rajbanshis, Manasa (called Bishohora, Bishohori or Padmavati) is one of the most important goddesses, and her <i>thaan</i> (shrine) may be found in the courtyard of almost every agrarian household. Among the lower-caste Hindus of East Bengal (present-day Bangladesh) too, she is worshipped with great pomp. </p><p>Manasa is an especially important deity in Bengal for the mercantile castes. This is because Chando of the <i>Manasamangal</i> was the first to initiate her worship, and Behula, the heroine of the <i>Manasamangal</i> was a daughter of the Saha clan (a powerful trading community). </p><p>Manasa is the prime deity of Anga Region, specially in Anga's capital, Champa (now Bhagalpur). It is believed that the story of Chand Saudagar and Behula started from this very place.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the old quarters of Champanagar in the city, stands an enormous temple of Manasa. Several artefacts and sculptures found in and around the place made locals believed that it was where Chand Saudagar had his Rajbari. A recent excavation has also found "Loha- Bashor ghor" or "Bashor ghor", the building made specifically for the wedding night of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lakhendar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lakhendar (page does not exist)">Lakhendar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Behula" title="Behula">Behula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Angika" title="Angika">Angika</a> lokgatha, "Behula Bishari Lokgatha" and the regional art, <a href="/wiki/Manjusha_Art" title="Manjusha Art">Manjusha</a> Chitrakatha is full flegedly based on the chronicles of Manasa and the hardships of <a href="/wiki/Behula" title="Behula">Behula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every year, from 16 to 19 August, <a href="/wiki/Bhagalpur_division" title="Bhagalpur division">Bhagalpur</a> springs up like a scented flower to worship the local guardian Manasa and commemorate the wedding of <a href="/wiki/Behula" title="Behula">Behula</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mansa_Puja_in_Bhagalpur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Mansa_Puja_in_Bhagalpur.jpg/220px-Mansa_Puja_in_Bhagalpur.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Mansa_Puja_in_Bhagalpur.jpg/330px-Mansa_Puja_in_Bhagalpur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Mansa_Puja_in_Bhagalpur.jpg/440px-Mansa_Puja_in_Bhagalpur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="4096" /></a><figcaption>Mansa Puja at Deepnagar chowk in Bhagalpur</figcaption></figure> <p>Manasa is also worshipped extensively in Assam and Tripura, and a kind of Oja-Pali (musical folk theatre) is dedicated entirely to her myth. </p><p>Manasa is ceremonially worshipped on <a href="/wiki/Nag_Panchami" class="mw-redirect" title="Nag Panchami">Nag Panchami</a> - a festival of snake worship in the Hindu month of <a href="/wiki/Shraavana" class="mw-redirect" title="Shraavana">Shravan</a> (July–August). Bengali women observe a fast (<a href="/wiki/Vrata" title="Vrata">vrata</a>) on this day and offer milk at snake holes.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manasa devi is worshipped between November and February each year since 120 years at the Manasa Devi mandir at Lala bagan, Kolkata. </p><p>Manasa Devi is worshipped in <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_temples">Notable temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mansa_Devi_Temple,_Haridwar.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mansa Devi Temple, Haridwar"><img alt="Mansa Devi Temple, Haridwar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Mansa_Devi_Temple%2C_Haridwar.JPG/120px-Mansa_Devi_Temple%2C_Haridwar.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Mansa_Devi_Temple%2C_Haridwar.JPG/180px-Mansa_Devi_Temple%2C_Haridwar.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Mansa_Devi_Temple%2C_Haridwar.JPG/240px-Mansa_Devi_Temple%2C_Haridwar.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mansa_Devi_Temple,_Haridwar" title="Mansa Devi Temple, Haridwar">Mansa Devi Temple, Haridwar</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_temple_in_Mansa_Devi_temple_complex,_Panchkula_near_Chandigarh.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mata Mansa Devi Mandir, Panchkula, near Chandigarh."><img alt="Mata Mansa Devi Mandir, Panchkula, near Chandigarh." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/A_temple_in_Mansa_Devi_temple_complex%2C_Panchkula_near_Chandigarh.jpg/92px-A_temple_in_Mansa_Devi_temple_complex%2C_Panchkula_near_Chandigarh.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/A_temple_in_Mansa_Devi_temple_complex%2C_Panchkula_near_Chandigarh.jpg/138px-A_temple_in_Mansa_Devi_temple_complex%2C_Panchkula_near_Chandigarh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/A_temple_in_Mansa_Devi_temple_complex%2C_Panchkula_near_Chandigarh.jpg/184px-A_temple_in_Mansa_Devi_temple_complex%2C_Panchkula_near_Chandigarh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="780" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mata_Mansa_Devi_Mandir" title="Mata Mansa Devi Mandir">Mata Mansa Devi Mandir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panchkula" title="Panchkula">Panchkula</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manasa_mandir.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mansa Devi Temple, Kandra, Jharkhand"><img alt="Mansa Devi Temple, Kandra, Jharkhand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Manasa_mandir.jpg/72px-Manasa_mandir.jpg" decoding="async" width="72" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Manasa_mandir.jpg/108px-Manasa_mandir.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Manasa_mandir.jpg/144px-Manasa_mandir.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1228" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mansa Devi Temple, <a href="/wiki/Kandra" title="Kandra">Kandra</a>, Jharkhand</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manasha_Mandir,_(Lala_Bagan)_Simla_Street,_Kolkata.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Manasha Puja at Lala Bagan, Simla Street, Kolkata."><img alt="Manasha Puja at Lala Bagan, Simla Street, Kolkata." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Manasha_Mandir%2C_%28Lala_Bagan%29_Simla_Street%2C_Kolkata.jpg/120px-Manasha_Mandir%2C_%28Lala_Bagan%29_Simla_Street%2C_Kolkata.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Manasha_Mandir%2C_%28Lala_Bagan%29_Simla_Street%2C_Kolkata.jpg/180px-Manasha_Mandir%2C_%28Lala_Bagan%29_Simla_Street%2C_Kolkata.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Manasha_Mandir%2C_%28Lala_Bagan%29_Simla_Street%2C_Kolkata.jpg/240px-Manasha_Mandir%2C_%28Lala_Bagan%29_Simla_Street%2C_Kolkata.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Manasha Puja at Lala Bagan, Simla Street, Kolkata. </div> </li> </ul> <ul><li>Shri Manasa Devi Temple (Swayambu), Kasimpet(Manasavaram), Karimnagar, Telangana</li> <li>Ma Manasha Mandir, Fulidanga, Tarapith - West Bengal</li> <li>Mansa Bishari Temple, <a href="/wiki/Bhagalpur,_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhagalpur, Bihar">Bhagalpur, Bihar</a></li> <li>Mansa Devi Temple, <a href="/wiki/Mukkamala,_West_Godavari,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mukkamala, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh">Mukkamala, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li>Mansa Devi Temple, <a href="/wiki/Naidupeta,_Nellore,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Naidupeta, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh">Naidupeta, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li>Mansa Devi Temple, <a href="/wiki/Tilaru,_Srikakulam,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Tilaru, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh">Tilaru, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li>Mansa Devi Temple, <a href="/wiki/Dornipadu,_Kurnool,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Dornipadu, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh">Dornipadu, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li>Mansa Devi Temple, Kanumalapalle, <a href="/wiki/Kadapa,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh">Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li>Mansa Devi Temple, Chinadugam, <a href="/wiki/Srikakulam,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh">Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li>Mansa Devi Temple, <a href="/wiki/Kurnool,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh">Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li>Mansa Devi Temple, <a href="/wiki/Nellore,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Nellore, Andhra Pradesh">Nellore, Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li>Mansa Devi Temple, Thurpu Rompidodla, <a href="/wiki/Nellore,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Nellore, Andhra Pradesh">Nellore, Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li>Mansa Devi Temple, Vadluru, <a href="/wiki/West_Godavari,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh">West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li>Ma Manasha Mandir, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Town,_Kolkata,_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Town, Kolkata, West Bengal">Lake Town, Kolkata, West Bengal</a></li> <li>Ma Manasha Mandir, Halshi Bagan, (Lala Bagan) Simla Street, <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></li> <li>Ma Manasa Mandir, Gopinagar, Khamarchandi, Haripal,Hooghly, West Bengal</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shesha" title="Shesha">Shesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasuki" title="Vasuki">Vasuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadru" title="Kadru">Kadru</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manasa&action=edit&section=11" 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"The Goddess of Snakes in Medieval Bengali Literature". <i>History of Religions</i>. <b>1</b> (2): <span class="nowrap">307–</span>321. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1086%2F462451">10.1086/462451</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1062059">1062059</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:162313578">162313578</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=History+of+Religions&rft.atitle=The+Goddess+of+Snakes+in+Medieval+Bengali+Literature&rft.volume=1&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E307-%3C%2Fspan%3E321&rft.date=1962&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A162313578%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1062059%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1086%2F462451&rft.aulast=Dimock&rft.aufirst=Edward+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManasa" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDowson2003" class="citation book cs1">Dowson, John (2003). <i>Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History</i>. 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