The Nāgas tend to be the followers of Virūpākṣa (Pāli: Virūpakkha), among the Four Heavenly Kings who guards the western course. They act as guards upon Mount Sumeru, preserving the dēvas of Trāyastriṃśa from attacks because of the asuras. The arrival of British colonial forces in the nineteenth century further https://128.199.208.170/