Nivatakavachas

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In Hindu mythology, the Nivatakavachas are a celestial race of Asura demons, living deep under the oceans.

Extremely powerful in magic and mysticism, warfare and possessors of powerful weapons, the demons are perpetrators of evil, but also glorious and legendary beings. The Devas under Indra are unable to overcome them despite repeated battles.

In the Ramayana, they strike an alliance with Ravana, after the latter is unable to defeat them.

They are finally vanquished and destroyed entirely by Arjuna, the hero of the epic Mahabharata, who is asked to do so by his father Indra.

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