There is a shrine dedicated to Chāndalia Nāg on the bank of the river Palavo on the road from Mota Devalia to Tramboda. It is visited by a sect of beggars called Nāg-magas. The Nāg-magas beg wealth of the snake god, and it is said, that he bestows it on them. They are never seen begging from any body else.[50]
In the Purānas, the Shesh Nāg, the Takshak Nāg, Pundarik, Kāli Nāg and Karkotak Nāg are described as gods. In modern times, Sarmālio, Bhujo and Gadhio are believed to be as powerful as gods, and vows are observed in their honour.[51]
Dhananjaya, Pushkar and Vāsuki are also considered to be very powerful.[52]
Takshak is believed to have drunk the nectar of immortality.[53]
A tradition is current that god Vishnu sleeps on the Shesha Nāg in the Milky Ocean. This snake is believed to have a thousand mouths and to support the earth on its hood.[54]
It is described in the Purānas how King Parikshit was bitten by Takshak Nāg and King Nala by Karkotak Nāg. King Nala became deformed owing to the bite, but he could assume his original form by wearing a special dress, through the favour of Karkotak.
Vāsuki Nāg was wrapped round the Māndār mountain, which was used as a churning handle by the gods and demons to churn the ocean for the recovery of the fourteen jewels from the ocean[55].
It is a common belief that treasures buried underground are guarded by snakes.
Generally a miser dying without an heir is supposed to be born as a snake after his death, to guard his hoarded money.
It is believed by some people that on the establishment of a new dynasty of kings after a revolution, a snake makes its appearance to guard the accumulated wealth of the fallen dynasty.[56]