Nag Panchami, the celebration of snakes. This Hindu celebration is commended across Nepal and India on the fifth day of the splendid portion of the lunar month of (Shrawan Shukla Paksha Panchami). It is another interpretation of the Hindus celebrating different parts of nature, this time by celebrating for and loving the snake divine beings, Nags.

As indicated by the sacred texts, there are 12 Nag gods, however, just eight of them are adored at this celebration. These are Ananta, Vasuki, Padma, Mahapadma, Takshak, Kulir, Karkotak, and Shankha. It is strictly accepted that loving the snake god will shield from harmful chomps of snakes, scorpions just as different cataclysms like fire, tempests, and lightning.

Activities on Nag Panchami

By and large, Nag Panchami is commended by mounting pictures of Nags on entryways with cow excrement (gobar), and offering milk, dubo (Bermuda grass), a glue of rice grains, and red vermillion (tika), and performing puja. A few groups were quick to offer their dedication during the promising celebration.

Individuals love different divinities, for example, Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu additionally on Nag Panchami. A snake ruler named Vasuki loops around Shiva’s neck while Vishnu lays on Shesh Nag, the lord of all the Nags. Also, a snake looking like a crown can be found in Buddha’s mind while Karkotak Nag is accepted to be the laurel around Machhindranath.

Nag Panchami legends

Nag Panchami is accepted to have been praised since the Vedic ages (c. 1,500 to 500 BCE). It is accepted that irritated the snake divine beings would bring huge dry season and thusly Nag Panchami is praised to please Nags.

A legend from Mahabharat epic expresses that Janamejaya played out a snake forfeiting yajna – Sarpa Satra, sufficiently incredible to kill all snakes, to retaliate for his dad Parikshit’s demise by the nibble of a Nag called Takshaka. Takshaka had escaped to Lord Indra’s nest and wound around Indra’s bed. At the point when the fire pulled Takshaka, it pulled Indra close by. To save Lord Indra, different divine beings engaged Manasadevi, who sent her child Astika to the yajna site. Astika intrigued Janamejaya, who then, at that point requested the clerics to stop the penance upon the arrival of Shrawan Shukla Panchami. Subsequently, it is accepted that Nag Panchami has been praised since.

Another legend expresses that the Earth lays on the head of Shesh Nag and subsequently Nag Panchami is commended. Individuals occupied with horticulture don’t chip away at this day as it is accepted that the Nags come out and working at fields may kill or mischief these Nags, causing them to submit a transgression.

Spots to go in Kathmandu Valley

Nag Panchami has a vital worth to individuals of Kathmandu valley, which 120,000 years prior was a monster lake. As per folklores, the lake was called Nag Daha (the pool of snakes) before Manjushree went from Tibet and cut the edge at Chobhar with his blade, depleting the water for another settlement in the rich land. It is said that Nags of the lake were likewise sobbed out from the waterway and made dry season for a long time.

Legends say that Karkotak Nag was kept in Taudaha and Vasuki at Nagdaha, both on the southern edges of Kathmandu so the valley would get sufficient downpour consistently. The two lakes draw in a large number of enthusiasts consistently on Nag Panchami. Additionally, individuals of Kathmandu visit places like Nagpokhari in focal Kathmandu, Siddhapokhari in Bhaktapur, and other blessed places around.

On this day, a great many individuals likewise visit the four Narayan sanctuaries: Changu Narayan at Bhaktapur, Shesh Narayan at Pharping, Ichangu Narayan close by Swayambhunath and Bisankhu Narayan close by Godawari in Lalitpur.