Snake worship Naga people were snake-worshipers. According to Rasanayagam, The origin of their name cannot certainly be traced to serpents or serpent- worship, for they were so named long before the advent of the Aryans in whose language alone the word signified 'serpents'. The word Naga was sometimes written in early inscriptions as Nāya, as in Nāganika - this occurs in the Nanaghat inscription of 150 BCE. The Mahavamsa describe the Nagas as super natural beings whose natural form was a serpent, but they could assume any a form at will. Similarly, Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus since ancient times have regard the Cobra as a divine being by the passing down of Naga traditions and believes. Further cobra can be found entwining itself round the neck of the supreme Hindu god Shiva as serpent king Vasuki. Cobras can also be found in images of Lord Vishnu. They worship serpents by offering milk and eggs. They do not keep garuda’s (falcon) pictures in the house because it is an enemy of serpents.