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Kadru

कद्रू

About

Wife of sage Kashyapa. Mother of all serpents (Nagas). Sister of Vinata, mother of Garuda. Represents the earthly, serpentine lineage.

Attributes

Serpent lineageMotherhoodJealousy (mythological)

Symbols

Serpents
Consort
Kashyapa

Scriptures

PuranasMahabharata

Regions Worshipped

Pan-India (mythological recognition)

Iconography

Depicted as a queenly figure, mother of thousands of serpent children.