Kāliya
Sign in to saveKaliya (IAST: Kāliya, Devanagari: कालिय), in Hindu traditions, was a venomous Nāga living in the Yamunā river, in Vṛndāvana. The water of the Yamunā for four leagues all around him boiled and bubbled with poison. No bird or beast could go near, and only one solitary Kadamba tree grew on the river bank. The celebration of Nāga Nathaiyā or Nāga Nṛitya is associated with the tale of Krishna dancing upon and subduing Kāliya.
Key facts
- Deity.image
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- Deity.caption
- Krishna dancing over the subdued Kāliya and his wives asking Krishna for his mercy. From a Bhagavata Purana manuscript, .
- Deity.Devanagari
- कालिय
- Deity.Sanskrit_transliteration
- Kāliya
- Deity.affiliation
- Nāgas
- Deity.festivals
- Nāga Nathaiyā
- Deity.parents
- Kashyapa (father)Kadrū (mother)
- Deity.siblings
- Manasa, Śeṣa, Vāsuki, etc.
- Deity.texts
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Harivaṃśa Purāṇa, Mahābhārata
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.spouse
- Suraśa
- Deity.type
- hindu
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mythological serpent
- Image
- Indian - Krishna Subdues Kaliya - Walters W881.jpg
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Kaliya (IAST: Kāliya, Devanagari: कालिय), in Hindu traditions, was a venomous Nāga living in the Yamunā river, in Vṛndāvana. The water of the Yamunā for four leagues all around him boiled and bubbled with poison. No bird or beast could go near, and only one solitary Kadamba tree grew on the river bank. The celebration of Nāga Nathaiyā or Nāga Nṛitya is associated with the tale of Krishna dancing upon and subduing Kāliya.
thumb|Enactment of Lord Krishna defeating Kaliya in the form of Manipuri classical dance drama
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kāliya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.