The nāgas would be the followers of Virūpākṣa (Pāli: Virūpakkha), among the 4 Heavenly Kings who guards the western way. They work as guards on Mount Sumeru, protecting the dēvas of Trāyastriṃśa from attacks by the asuras. The arrival of British colonial forces inside the nineteenth century further accelerated the https://128.199.208.170/