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On the Panchami date of Shravan Shuklapaksh, Nag Panchami festival is celebrated byworshiping the snake. On this day, snakes are worshiped in every house and milk, curd, akshata, flowers,dubo, money are kept in the picture of the snake and pasted on the door of the house with the help ofcow dung. There are eight families of snakes including Ananta, Vasuki, Padma, Mahapadma, Takshak,Kulir, Karkat and Shankha. There is a religious belief that worshiping these octagonal snakes and pastinga picture of a snake on the main door will not cause fear of lightning, fire and snakes in the house.
According to astrology, the lord of Panchami Tithi is a snake deity. The snake god lives on the earth.There is a belief that plowing and digging of foundations should not be done on the day of NagPanchami as there is a possibility of snake suffering while digging in the land. On the day of NagPanchami, special worship of snakes is done. On this day, for the pleasure of the snake deity, it iscustomary to fast all day and offer kheer to the snake deity after sunset. There is a belief that worshiping a snake in this way and pasting a picture of a snake on the door does not make one afraid ofsnakes.
On the day of Nag Panchami, religious fairs are held in various lakes, ponds and places where snakes live, including Toudah and Nagpokhari in Kathmandu. In Nepal, on the day of Nag Panchami,Brahmin priests or virgins write on paper Draw pictures of various snakes by hand and take them to thehost house Do The sun, moon, conch, wheel, mace, Images of lotus, fish, scorpion, date palm etc. arealso included. With the snake Don’t be afraid of other poisonous creatures found in the fields There isalso a practice of drawing. The mantra of worshiping the snake is also in this paper. In thevillage, this image is worshiped as an idol of the snake god. It is pasted on the door of the house. Milk,dubo, kush, sandalwood, flowers, akshata, laddu are offered to the snake deity.
