Nagraj was originally conceived as an enemy of international terrorism. Interestingly, in his debut issue, Nagraj was unleashed as an international terror weapon by the evil scientist Professor Nagmani. Nagraj, in this first mission, was tasked with stealing a golden statue of a Goddess from a temple that was protected by tribal devotees, snakes, and by a mysterious 300 year old sadhu named Baba Gorakhnath. Nagraj succeeded in his task, but upon confrontation with Gorakhnath and his mystic Black mongoose shikangi, was defeated. Gorakhnath read his mind and discovered that Professor Nagmani had implanted a mind control device in the form of a capsule in Nagraj's head, in order to keep him under his control. Gorakhnath operated and removed the capsule from Nagraj's head, setting Nagraj free of Professor Nagmani's control. Nagraj then became Baba Goraknath's disciple and vowed to eliminate crime and terror from the Earth. Since then, Nagraj has thrice toured the world and defeated many villains and terrorists.
Nagraj lived as Raj in a fictional Metropolitan City Mahanagar as an employee of a TV Channel that is secretly owned by himself .
Nagraj was presented to the world as a creation of Professor Nagmani. He was meant to be an ultimate killing machine, and his original plan was to hire out Nagraj to the highest bidder among villains and terrorist groups of the world.
Professor Nagmani used him for his other experimental projects and leased him for international terrorism. Nagmani always claimed that Nagraj's powers were evolved by feeding him bits of snake poison until his blood itself became poison. He claimed that his venom was a result of snake bites from 1,000 different species of snakes (This echoes the Indian legends of Poison-Men or Women, specifically raised to kill by their kiss) and his other powers evolved when he was treated with ashes of a dead ichchhadhaari snake. In reality, Nagraj was much more poisonous than any species of snakes because his venom was celestial.
Based largely on the Hindu myth of the shape shifting snake, Nagraj derives most of his powers from microscopic snakes that live in his bloodstream, in lieu of white blood cells. He has a number of powers, such as superhuman strength, poisonous breath, vish-foonkaar and bite, instant healing powers, and snakes that come out of his wrists. The snakes can come out individually or form into ropes, parachutes, and many others, depending on his imagination. His venom is believed to be far stronger than Potassium Cyanide, resulting in the melting of any living being's body if he bites them or vice-versa.
For his first mission, he was sold for a sum of $1 million and was to recover an ancient statue. Nagraj succeeds, but then is foiled by the Sage Baba Gorakhnath, who frees him from the mind control of Professor Nagamani. Waking up to a newer world amid the calmness of Gorakhnath, Nagraj takes a vow to eliminate terrorism from the world and works toward achieving this goal.
In his initial issues, Nagraj's powers were too limited, and at times he was even knocked out by powerful human opponents. His strength was also quite human in nature, as he would marvel at his opponent's strength, such as when someone picked up a car. Over the years, Nagraj became powerful enough to not only pick up falling cars single-handedly, but also to achieve feats such as throwing things into outer space effortlessly.
It is notable, and perhaps ironic, that Nagraj has now been transformed into a mythical/magical creature facing fantastical creatures as his enemies, with elements of sorcery/magic and even time and space travel. Many cite this as a reason for the continuous, meteoric rise in popularity of Nagraj comics. However, purists still claim that they prefer the more realistic, more practical stories that Nagraj began with.
Following are Nagraj's vital statistics:

• Age : Ageless
• Height : 6 ft 2 in
• Weight : 89 kg
• Eyes : Blue
• Hair : Black

 Nagraj's primary power is his ability to contain millions of snakes inside his body, becoming a host for a variety of snakes. He can order them to come out of his body and attack his opponents, and also instruct them to create simple forms, such as ropes, lassos, webs, gloves, pipes, etc., as well as complex forms, such as a parachute, boat, gliders, and many others.
Aside from ordinary snakes, he also has a wide variety of mystical snakes like Jagmag Sarp, snakes with bodies that shine brightly in the dark, Naagfani Sarp, snakes with stretchable, spike-covered bodies, which can pierce through anything and elongate themselves as well, Dhwansak Sarp, explosive snakes which explodes as soon as their body come in contact with anything, Maanas Sarp, psionic snakes which enable Nagraj to split his astral psyche from his body, Udan Sarp, winged snakes which can fly, among others. These snakes multiply rapidly, thus making them limitless in numbers.
He also carries ichhadhari snakes who help him at times of need.most comon snakes who are used by nagraj are :saudangi(queen of piramids), nagu(a manidhari snake),shitnag(prince of himalayan snakes),etc.
KNOWN ENEMIES:

• Professor Nagmani : Nagraj's so-called creator who brought up Nagraj.
• Thodanga : A strange African human beast, characteristics match Rhino, Elephant and Turtle.
• Nagdant : A jealous, comparatively weaker copy of Nagraj made by Professor Nagmani.
• Tutan Khamen : Ancient Egyptian mummy whose main power-source, his mask, was snatched away by Nagraj.
• Miss Killer : Beautiful, young, evil scientist from Japan.
• Nagina : A female tantrik and shape-shifting snake.
• Vishandhar : A male tantrik and shape-shifting snake.
• Jaadugar Shakura : An evil sorcerer from an alien planet of immortal wizard dwarfs.
• Nagpasha : Nagraj's immortal venomous uncle who murdered his parents.
• Gurudev : Nagpasha's guru, a man good with science but evil on intentions who wishes to rule the world though Nagpasha.
• Kentuki : A student of Nagpasha's Gurudeva, who is a physically powerful snake having the strength of fifty elephants.
• Polka : A terrorist and scientist who works for Nagpasha.
• Zulu : An African exorcist and scientist.
• Sapera : A man whose power is Nagraj's weakness, i.e. snake charming music.
• Karanvashi : A magician who uses hypnotism to enslave people.
• See-Through : An invisible soul that stole a big share of Nagraj's shape-shifting power, but still wants more.
• Vish-Amrit : Duo of Paranatural powers troubling innocents on Earth while playing hide and seek.
• Khalnayak Nagraj : Evil part of Nagraj's brain which still exists in his unconscious mind.
• Tantra : Bharti's nanaji (maternal grandfather) who took over Bharti's brother Agraj's body and wants to rule the world.

HIS SUPPORTERS:

• Baba Gorakhnath : Mentor
• Mahatma Kaaldoot : Mentor
• Dada Vedacharya : Mentor
• Deva Kaaljayi : Family Deity
• Nagpasha : Uncle (enemy)
• Bharti : Friend
• Visarpi : Queen Of Nagdweep, love interest of Nagraj
• Nagrani : Mother to Nagraj's son Nageesh in a parallel dimension
• Super Commando Dhruva : Best Friend and an ally superhero
• Saudangi : An Egyptian she-snake with thorns on her body that lives in his body
• Sheetnag kumar : Friend that lives in his body
• Naagu : Friend that lives in his body
• Vishaank : Visarpi's brother and Nagraj's ally in form of Chhota(kid) Nagraj
• Mahavyaal : Ruler of the ichhadhari naags living in water.
• Nageesh : Son that lives with mother Nagrani in a parallel dimension
• Sillu : Friend and computer expert
• Aiyer: Tamil tutor (Nagraj's latest obsession is to learn new languages)
• Professor Srikant: Invisible killer (Adrishya Hatyara) with a situationally-driven personality