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Snakes, Stones and Magic

By Ganesh SahSudi CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94020477 There was a great mystery to be solved. At the core was something that once we all believed. Though we wanted it to be true with time, discussions around the topic had faded. Now, a new finding aroused renewed interest in Naag Manis . Naag Mani used to be of great interest to us. Movies, stories, legends, and rumors made us believe in its existence. We had detailed knowledge about manis . Naag mani is wielded by naags (Indian Cobra) , who complete a hundred years of their lives. Such a naag can be identified by a natural Aum symbol on their hood. As the snake nears its hundredth year, the symbol slowly appears. There would be rumors and tales about some naag killed a few days ago or the last month or year had nearly complete Aum formed on its hood. But from the beginning of everything until today, no one has ever seen a dead cobra with total Aum . Cobra gets its mani on a full moon night o...