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Naag Panchami
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Naag Panchami
July-August; waxing half of Hindu month of Sravana
A Hindu festival celebrated throughout India and Nepal, dedicated to the sacred serpent, Ananta, on whose coils Vishnu rested while he was creating the universe. According to Hindu belief, snakes can bring wealth and rain, and unhappy ones can cause a home to collapse. Therefore milk and flowers are offered to snakes, especially cobras; snake deities; or painted snake images at shrines. Because snakes are also worn by Shiva, hundreds of snakes are released at the Shiva temples in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, where Shiva lived after destroying a demon, and in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, considered the religious capital of the Hindu faith. In Jodhpur, Rajasthan, huge cloth naags, or cobras, are displayed.
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Byline: ANI Ayodhya/ Allahabad , July 26 (ANI): Thousands of Hindu devotees observed the festival of Nag Panchami in different parts of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
 
 
 
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