Show SNAKES REVERED BY no high cate caste man will ever kill ono one supposed to oe oc of trarlu re the regard snakes with a rei cronce which ie is BO so great that no high caste casto man will kill a snake and if one should lodge itself in a house no effort will bo be made to dislodge it on the other hand every care would bo be taken to supply it uth milli proper food and if any nry member of the family should be bitten no effort would le ie made to tn eave the unfortunate victim the snake make is supposed to bo be guardian of treasures sur and tind manista many stories arc are told of its doings in tills this capacity several of which make mention of a mysterious stone stona called the which the old cobra is supposed to carry in its forehead it is paid said to 1 be crescent shaped Q and to 0 o sparkle with PIP brilliance of a lini nond the possessor of such buell a stoa stone al ill 11 1 have el poni nn 1 luck and bo be able to por perform forin ganv mystic charms in addition to suc securing tiring an ob ab blute remedy against 0 of cery kind ho he snake is if sacred to the god vishnu who is often seen in nutt temple paintings reclining on the coiled up body of ii large poc imen with man many y hoods up reared neck and expanded hood being 0 cu curved ved over the gods head |