The article focuses on nagas and their role in the day to day practice of religion in the Kathmandu valley. The article contains three sections. The first is a descriptive account, for the ethnographic record, of events surrounding the alleged appearance of nagas at Char Ghare, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, in December and January 1983/84. The second section is an account of people's responses to and interpretations of the significance of these events. The third section is an attempt to come to grips with the significance of nagas more generally in the context of Nepalese religion. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-04)