INDIA'S
UNDERGROUND
BENARES
, India
Functions:
Unknown
Levels: Unknown
Tunnels to: Unknown
Notes: Sheshna's well, a stone stairwell leading down to a sealed
"door" engraven with serpents. The site of many 'channeled'
Yoga texts and the traditional portal to Patala akd Snakeworld
aka Nagaloka, a 7-leveled reptilian cavern world with its capital
Bhoga-Vita.
source:
VENOMOUS REPTILES, by Shirman A. Minton, Jr.
KASMIRA
, India
Functions:
Unknown
Levels: Unknown
Tunnels to: Unknown
Notes: Traditional entrance to the underworld of Patalas, which
is divided into 7 realms: Rasatala, Mahatala, Alala, Sutala,
Vitala, Talatala, & Patala. Some legends say that it is
the abode of reptilian humanoids, but human "appearing"
beings have also traditionally been encountered within Patalas.
King Bhunandana allegedly entered this domain of "forbidden
pleasures" via a portal in the peak of Pradyumna [or Hill
of Sarika].
The
underground journey to Patalas took 5 days and nights. Upon
arriving, the king and his knights encountered an underground
plain with trees from which hung human corpses, and also large
vats of liquid in which human flesh and blood was mixed. A "woman"
appeared and offered the king a cup of the "vile"
liquid, stating that unless he drank it he would not prosper.
He took the cup and threw its substance in disgust at the feet
of the so-called "goddess", who in anger told him
to take his men and leave that realm, and King Bhunandana obliged.
source:
SOMADEVA'S KATHA SARIT SAGARA [or OCEAN OF STREAMS OF STORY],
Vol. 6 - "The Adventures of King Bhunandana"
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