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From the epics · 4 tellings · contested

Nahusha on Indra's throne

While Indra hides in a lotus stalk, the human king Nahusha rules heaven, demands Shachi, has sages carry his litter and is cursed to fall as a serpent.

Indra, Nahusha, Indrani, Brihaspati

The Himalaya Pan-India