When the child was born, everyone believed him dead because his whole body was blue and showed no signs of life.Īs per Hindu rituals, the newborn baby was thrown into the river. The Snake God got angry and knocked her unconscious with his venomous breath. One day when the queen was going to pray to Deva Kaljayi, Nagpasha replaced the curtained plate of her offerings to the god with one containing a dead mongoose. The absence of a prince or princess made Nagpasha, the younger brother of the King Takshakraj the only potential heir to the throne. In ancient times, there existed a kingdom known as Takshaknagar, ruled by King Takshakraj and Queen Lalita who had no children. With time many new artists such as Lalit Sharma and Hemant Kumar have done illustration of Nagraj. Nagraj has changed a lot in his 25 years in print, both in terms of looks as well as powers and abilities. He also led to increase in frequency of Two-in-One comics, which combined Nagraj and Dhruv and started happening once in a year. The Khajana arc by Anupam Sinha set up the backstory beautifully, and discredited Nagmani many years after the comics began.
Anupam Sinha's expansive narration couldn't completely fit in a single comic, so he used multi-comic stories to layer and enrich his tales. In the middle of the nineties Anupam Sinha (who was already running the mega-successful Dhruv series) took over the helms of Nagraj as well.
Many of Nagraj's fans believe that, over time, Nagraj's comics have developed snake mythology of its own, which is unique to the popular Indian beliefs about snakes that are prevalent among the masses. His stories create a rich blend of mythology, fantasy, magic, and science fiction. Nagraj is believed to have been inspired by the mythological Ichchhadhari Nag (shapeshifting snakes) and historical Vishmanushya (venomous human). Nagraj first appeared in the comics Nagraj GENL #14 which was written by Parshuram Sharma and illustrated by Pratap Mullick.Īfter that Sanjay Ashtpure, Pratap Mullick, Chandu, Milind Misal and Vitthal Kamble alternately illustrated the character for 44 issues, ending in 1995 with Visarpi Ki Shadi. Nagraj is a comic book superhero appearing in Indian comic books published by Raj Comics created in the late 1980s by Rajkumar Gupta and his sons Manoj Gupta and Sanjay Gupta.
Raj, Public Relation Officer of Bharti Communications Nagraj GENL #14 (release date 1 April 1986) This article is about the comics superhero.
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