kaliya was a dreaded , many hooded poisonous serpent who used to live on the banks of Ramanaka dwipa.he was driven away from there by the fear of Garuda the Mount of Lord Vishnu and the arch enemy of the serpents.

Many year ago, Garuda had been cursed by a sage that he would meet his death in vrindavan.kaliya knew this so he chose the bank of yamuna near vrindavan as his home moving there with his family.

kalia was so venomous that the waters of yamuna bubbled and churned with his poison and turned black.no one in vrindavan dared to visit that part of the river or even go near the river bank.
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