Nahush: The Great Fall

After being appointed Indra, king Nahush became arrogant and started treating everyone with disrespect. He even wanted to marry Indrani, Shachi.

Shachi had a plan in mind. She pretended to accept his proposal however asked him to arrive at the wedding ceremony on a palanquin carried by the greatest sages of our time.

Nahush agreed to this condition. On the way to wedding ceremony, he started getting restless and kept asking the rishis to move faster, telling them, “sarp, sarp.”

This finally enraged rishi Agastya, who cursed Nahush to become and giant snake and fall from heaven. Thus, saving Shachi from Nahush’s bad design making Indra the king of Gods again.

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