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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 5135413, member: 112342&quot;]This coin depicts baby Krishna dancing on the head of Kaliya, the demon snake.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204951[/ATTACH]</p><p>The story goes as a giant snake once terrified the people who went near the river Yamuna. Krishna as the human incarnation of Vishnu, was playing with his friends on the banks of the river, and when their ball flew into the river he went to retrieve it, but Kaliya started to constrict him and tried to swallow the child Krishna as a whole.</p><p>But Krishna started to grow in its mouth, opened the jaws and got on to the snake&#039;s head, and started dancing, each step squeezed out the venom and in the end, he not only devenomized Kaliya but also showed him mercy after the snake repented.</p><p>Madurai Nayakas, 2.50 grams, unidentified Tamil legends on the reverse within an incuse.</p><p>circa 1500s.</p><p>Post your coins depicting a mythical story, or just Hindu gods![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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