Manyata

Nayanthara / Shalakha
(Adoptive Daughter)

**Manyata** is one of the major characters of the fourth season of Naagin which was played by Actress Shayantani Ghosh.

Manyata was a Naagin princess from Sheshnaag clan , Vividha's daughter, Keshav's wife, Brinda's mother, Nayanthara's adoptive mother.

Manyata was born on a royal family of Sheshnaag clan as a Naagin princess but eventually she fell in love with a human named Keshav and decided to marry her love but her parents found it out and were against of it. Manyata was then cursed for marrying Keshav by her own mother according to which after a year of her marriage during Ashlesha Nakshatra she would lose all her powers for 25 years but still Manyata did not care and decided to have a happy marriage life with Keshav. Manyata believed her love for Keshav would eventually fix it all but even Keshav's family were not able to stand the fact of her being Naagin and did not accept their relationship which made Manyata and Keshav to live separately.

   Soon, Manyata gave birth to a daughter of Keshav. Keshav's parents also were ready to accept her and her child and Manyata with Keshav decided to move in with Keshav's family but on the way Manyata found the Parekhs killing Keshav and his family for money and since it happened on Ashlesha Nakshatra, Manyata lost all her powers and was unable to protect her husband and family. Manyata then vowed to take revenge from Parekhs and jumped off the cliff with the child but survived.

Manyata named the child Nayanthara.

Manyata then started training Nayanthara for revenge.

After 25 years, Manyata set up Nayanthara inside Parekh house as a family friend and started for vengenance. Manyata even got her Naagin powers back and was waiting for Nayanthara's 25th birthday where even Nayanthara was supposed to gain Naagin powers like her mother Manyata.

Manyata and Nayanthara then started to plot against Parekh's family where they planned to get Nayanthara married to the eldest son of the Parekhs, Dev. Manyata even attacked Manas(Dev's cousin) on the day of his wedding starting her revenge from Parekhs.

Soon, Nayanthara's 25th birthday arrived but Nayanthara did not gain any powers which made Manyata realized that Nayanthara was not her real daughter and her real daughter was out somewhere. Manyata then started to look for her real biological daughter to take her revenge. Soon, Manyata met a new Naagin in Lal-Tekri Mandir which was none other than Brinda(Daughter of Parekhs' Priest) which made her realize that Brinda was her real daughter but Brinda did not believe Manyata and mistook her as an enemy. Manyata even learnt that Parekhs knew about her relationship with Nayanthara, who was about to get married with Dev soon and realized Nayanthara to be in great peril. Manyata then replaced Nayanthara with Brinda as bride and made Nayanthara to go away from train but Manyata still sensed something wrong was about to happen. Manyata found Nayanthara's corpse in the jungle who deeply shocked and she lost her hope to live and sacrifised all her powers which weakened but Brinda who now learnt whole truth vowed to take Manyata's revenge.

Manyata then got kidnapped by Parekhs and with the sorrow of Nayanthara's passing, she even did not try to defend herself she was even asked about Naagmani and the secret of Laal-Tekri Mandir but she as being the protector of Laal-Tekri Mandir did not reveal it's secret to anyone.

    Manyata even being captured tried to help her daughter Brinda through any ways possible. Manyata got a visitor while being captured which was none other than Ku-sarp Naagin Vishakha who offered to free her in ex-change of the secret but Manyata declined it. Manyata then escaped when she learnt that Vishakha was influencing Brinda, she then called Binda and asked her to meet in the jungle but Vishakha reached to her before Brinda and stabbed Manyata in the form of Dev to mislead Brinda.

Manyata then died in the arms of her daughter Brinda then vowed to avenge her mother.