Major Indian Festivals - Naag Panchmi (festival of snakes)

Major Indian Festivals- Naag Panchami

Nag Panchami-festival dedicated to snake worship

Hinduism is aptly described as a way of living where respect is bestowed on all kinds of flora and fauna and inanimate objects of nature. Thus the Hindu religion followers find millions of deities in almost all kinds of animals and reptiles.

Nag Panchami is such a festival celebrated in the honor of cobras. This festival falls in the month of the Hindu month of Sravan (Normally in July or August). People believe that giving milk to the serpents to drink is a great cause. That is the reason one can see lots of Saperas (the tribal people who keep the snakes) going door to door to beg and thronging outside the temples and Taj Mahal Tour. Though sapera tradition is banned according to the law in India on account of wildlife Act and its provisions. Now it is strictly enforced by the law and by the authorities and thus it is divided to a large extent.

A couple of years back the saperas(snake charmers) were in big numbers and they used to catch snakes and used to keep them as pets with them. They used to charm these poor reptiles for fun of the masses and used to earn their livelihood by it. Before Nagpanchami event they used to release these cobras to their natural habitats. They believed that after nag Panchami the snakes used to revive the poison.

People at homes make symbolic snakes out of either floor or by dung and perform the rituals. Thus pay respect to the fearful objects of nature in their safety. On your next day, Golden Triangle Tour hears all these stories and more from your learned guide.

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