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Coming closer, the lamblike heads of one of the two serpents, or nagas. The two have names: Nanda and Upananda. They are brothers. They reside in mythical Lake Anavatapta, which the main pool symbolizes and which is next to Mt. Meru. They are responsible for bringing rain, and the rain that fills the lake pours into the world's four great rivers, which are symbolized by the streams pouring to the four smaller pools.

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