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Rakshasa saadhvi priestesses are renowned on Naraka for their wisdom. Asuras worship Shiva, the destroyer of evil, and of the universe at the Dissolution, in his various forms. Asuran priests are called brahmins. Vidyadharas worship the Goddess Shakti in her prominent forms of the sixty-four - Chausathi Yoginis. Vidyadhara tribes also propitiate Chamundi, Durga, Kali via ojha priestesses. Kinnaras worship Hayagreeva, the horse-headed form of Vaishnavi. Offerings from Kinnaras are delivered to their god by wise shamans. Nagas worship the sun elemental Surya. 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Cityer Nagas live in great cities such as Bhagavassi, whereas wilder Nagas live in villages dotting the equatorial forest of Naraka. Kinnaras are half-horse, half-human nomads that grow up to seventeen feet in height. They live in the massive steppe on the northwest, and in the Great Narakan Desert. Devas are from the continent of Swarga, a cold land far away from Naraka. Devas typically have blonde or red hair, are more than six feet tall, and are well-built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fb4c8b46af62ad838e995/1606930679598-HOG2T2RMNQ2QZO4WJOZG/lions+in+great+narakan+desert.jpg About Naraka, Indian Mythological Thriller & Epic Fantasy Series - Landscapes The continent of Naraka has equatorial, steppe, mountainous, island, and desert regions. The lands of the Asuras and Nagas are covered by equatorial forests with massive trees and jungle canopies that rise hundreds of feet into the sky. 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