Nag Panchami, the festival of snakes, is not for the faint hearted! The festival is all about the cult of snakes that are specially excavated and collected for the occasion. On the day of Nag Panchami, the villagers dance to the music and snakes in jars on their heads in procession to the temple. After the rituals are complete, the snakes from the pots and the priest sprinkles haldi-kumkum Temple (turmeric and red powder) and raised flowers on her head. Snakes much milk and honey offered, and then released in the temple courtyard.
What is surprising is that Nag Panchami, though not the fangs of snakes, which are not known to bite someone away. Special care of the snakes in the approach of the holiday you have. You are pampered with a diet of milk and fresh rats.
Nag Panchami is on the fifth day of the bright half of the Hindu month of Shravan celebrated (July and August) of each year. You will see in the situation, Snake Charmer than usual on the streets of India during the festival.
Directions: Nag Panchami is celebrated mainly in rural areas, especially the city Shirala Battis, Maharashtra. It is 400 km (250 miles) from Mumbai, Kolhapur and Sangli Sangli district of Maharashtra between. Reportedly, the largest collection of snakes in the world can be found there, and people from all over the world flock to worship them. Popular places Nag Panchami as Adiesha temple in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala Nagaraja Temple, Temple Nagathamman Hardevja celebrated temple in Chennai and Jaipur.
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