A rakshasa clan. After Maya built Indraprastha for the Pandavas, he appointed 8000 kinkaras to guard it as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 3. They had the ability to shift the palace from one place to another. Also, Yudhishtira encountered Kinkaras when he was in the Himalayas to collect wealth as per Mahabharata Ashwamedhikaparva Chapter 65 verse 6.

The name of Kala’s stick. This is what he uses to kill living beings as per Mahabharata Karnaparva Chapter 56 verse 122.

A rakshasa. Once there was an altercation between Vasishta’s son Shakti and the suryavanshi king Kanmashapada. Shakti cursed the king and made him a rakshasa. At that point, Vishwamitra asked his attendant Kinkara, a rakshasa to enter the king’s body. Kinkara got the king to kill all of Vasishta’s sons as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 175.

A chandravanshi king. Namrochi, Kinkana and Vrishni were the sons of Mahabhoja as per Bhagavata Navamaskanda.

A holy place in Kurukshetra. Bathing here provides great success as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 83.

One of the snakes born to Kashyapa and Kadru. His famous brothers were Shesha, Vasuki, Airavata, Thakshaka, Karkodaka, Maninaga, Purananaga. All the snakes in the world have originated from Kaliya and his brothers as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 35. The Bhagavata Dashamaskanda states that Kaliya had a thousand heads.

Vinata was another wife of Kashyapa. To her was born Garuda. Once Vinata lost a bet to Kadru and became her slave. Garuda bought the amrit from devaloka and freed her, but his enmity with the snakes went on. Garuda started killing them whenever he got a chance. The snakes agreed to give the offerings they made in the yajnas on special days to Garuda. Garuda was pleased, but Kaliya was against this. He mocked Garuda and they began fighting. Kaliya and his family were rattled by the flapping of Garuda’s wings and escaped to the Kalindi river.

Once a sage named Saubhari meditated on the banks of the Kalindi. Once Garuda went there, caught fish and ended up splashing water on the sage. The sage cursed that if he ever set foot there again, his head would burst.

Kaliya’s venom caused the vegetation around to wither and die, and the water of the river to become undrinkable. Once krishna came there with his friends. His friends and the cows were struck dead by Kaliya’s venom. Krishna climbed a tree and from there jumped into the lake. Kaliya tried to strike him but he jumped on to the snake’s head and started dancing. The snake began vomiting blood and bowed to Krishna. His family also began praying to Krishna. he sent them all to Ramanakadweepa and assured Kaliya that when Garuda saw Krishna’s footprint on the snake’s head, he would not hurt them, as per Bhagavata Dashamaskanda.

A sage. He was once copulating with his wife. The couple had taken on the form of deers. Pandu had come there for a hunt and he sent an arrow to kill the male deer. The arrow struck its mark and the sage transformed into his normal self. He cursed Pandu and said that if the king ever attempted intercourse with his wife, he would die. After many years, Pandu, in a moment of passion, forgot about this curse, and embraced his wife Madri. He dies immediately as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 117.

A holy well. Throwing sesame seeds into this frees a man from three of his debts – Rishyarna, Devarna, Pitrna which are usually paid through brahmacharya, yajnas and garhasthya respectively as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 83.

A holy place in Kurukshetra. Bathing here makes a person successful as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 83.

A holy place. People visiting this place from beyond 100 yojanas can wash away their foeticide sins by bathing here as per Mahabharata Anushasanaparva Chapter 25 verse 60 and Shantiparva Chapter 152 verse 12.