Nag Panchami isn’t for the faint of heart! This festival is devoted to snakes, which are especially dug out of the ground and gathered for the occasion.
On the day of Nag Panchami, snake charmers display the snakes to people for worship, and villagers dance to music and carry the snakes in pots on their heads in procession to the temple. After the rituals are complete, the snakes are taken out from the pots and the temple priest sprinkles haldi-kumkum (turmeric and vermilion) and flowers on their heads. The snakes are also fed milk, as the ultimate sign of good luck.
The festival has become controversial in recent years, attracting the attention of animal right’s activists who say that the snakes are treated poorly and often die afterward. Giving the snakes milk is particularly harmful because they can’t digest it.
Every year on the fifth day of the bright half of the Hindu month Shravan (July or August). You’ll be able to see more snake charmers than usual out on the streets of India during the festival.
Nag Panchami is mostly held in rural areas, particularly Battis Shirala village, Maharashtra. It’s located 400 kilometers (approximately 250 miles) from Mumbai, in between Kolhapur and Sangli in Maharashtra’s Sangli district.
Celebrations also take place at snake temples across India, including many in Kerala such as the Nagaraja Temple.
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This is against christians culture .