https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">This is the setting where the Mahabharata was first recited, according to Story. We see thousands of snakes engulfed by a giant flame, while a young boy and an elderly sage argue with the king.
After Arjuna& #39;s grandson, Parikshit was killed by a snake-bite,
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2">his son Janamejaya ascended the Hastinapur throne. Filled with hatred towards the creatures responsible for his father& #39;s death, Janamejaya ordered a grand snake-sacrifice, to extinguish the species altogether.

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3">Thankfully, young Astika, son of the snake #goddess Manasa, and Vyasa succeeded in dissuading him going through with it. The #event was marked by the narration of the #Mahabharata to the king.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4">Such myths remain alive as long as poets and artists continue to reimagine them.This rendition seems to be set in the colonial mansions of 19th century Bengal.
-Early Bengal (Anonymous)
Untitled (Sarpa-satra or snake sacrifice)
Oil on canvas with gold highlight, late 19th c