Nag Panchami News
Bihar's Samastipur district captivated global attention this week with its unique Nag Panchami celebration. Devotees fearlessly paraded live snakes and even placed them in their mouths to honour Mata Vishhari, showcasing a centuries-old tradition that continues to thrive.
Nag Panchami is a Hindu religious festival where devotees worship serpent Gods. It's celebrated across India.
In Hinduism, snakes are revered as serpent deities. Worship performed for snakes reaches these deities. It is believed that in households where Nag Panchami is observed with serpent worship, deaths due to snake bites do not occur.
Nag Panchami holds immense religious significance for Hindus
People worship live snakes on the day as representatives of Serpent Gods who are revered and worshipped in Hinduism
Nag Panchami 2024 will be observed on August 9
Usually, Nag Panchami falls two days after Hariyali Teej
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Several people fast on this day
People worship snake gods on Nag Panchami
This year, Nag Panchami will be celebrated on August 2, 2022
Check puja timings, shubh muhurat, rituals here
Women worship the Snake god or the Nag Devta and offer milk to the serpents. It symbolises the offering of milk to the snake gods. Women pray for the well being of their brothers and family members.
Offering prayers to serpents on this day is considered to be auspicious.
Feeding Brahmins after offering the snakes is believed to be good practice.
Once the puja is over, distribute the kheer or milk as prasad to your friends and family.
On the occasion of Nag Panchami, people worship snake gods, as Nag refers to a snake in Hindi
This year, Nag Panchami will be celebrated on August 13, 2021, Friday
Women worship the Snake god or the Nag Devta and offer milk to the serpents
Nag Panchami is on July 25 this year
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Nag Panchami is on July 25, 2020
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This year, Nag Panchami is celebrated on July 25
In places in Rajasthan and Gujarat, Nag Panchami is also marked on the dark half (Krishna Paksha) of the same month
Women worship the Snake god or the Nag Devta and offer milk to the serpents
On Nag Panchami, people worship snake gods, as Nag refers to a snake in Hindi. As per the Hindu calendar, the day dedicated to offering prayers to the snake god happens to be on the fifth day of the bright half of lunar month of Shravan or Sawan (July/August).
Neha Shree's official Facebook page has some uploads from the puja and muhurat.
She made the big announcement on the auspicious of Nag Panchami. The festival of snakes was celebrated on August 5, 2019.
"Happy Nag Panchami. Har Har Mahadev. Blessed Life," Anjana captioned her post, in which she is seen posing in a simple white salwar kameez and matching dupatta. She appears to have visited a temple on the auspicious occasion.
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