About Nag Panchami : Hinduism as a religion is many-sided yet
bound by a common search for Truth and to Hindus it means a way
of life and a fellowship of faiths. With the advent of the
Aryans, it originated as a simple form of worship of the forces
of Nature, drawing in its system action in social organisations,
local cults, deities’ diverse beliefs and modes of worship. Nag-
Panchami is an important all-India festival and is celebrated on
the fifth day of the moonlit-fortnight in the month of Shravan
(July /August). This is the time when serpents invariably come
out of their holes that get inundated with rain-water to seek
shelter in gardens and many times in houses. As such they pose a
great danger to man. On the fifth day of the bright half of
Shravan people worship the snake, “nag”. The day is known as
“Nag Panchami”. Naga Panchami is the festival of snakes
celebrated on the fifth day of the bright fortnight in the month
of Shriven. The festival falls during the rainy months and is
believed to counter the