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Nag Panchami is celebrated with great religious fervor
during the month of July-August in royal Jodhpur aglow
with ancient traditions and medieval customs.
Women and ladies fast and offer prayers to the serpent
king, cobra and sprinkle turmeric and vermilion on live
snakes and offer rice, milk, bananas and sweets to snakes
while praying and invoking the blessings of the snake
god.
Snake charmers perform special rituals and fast during
Nag Panchami celebrations. The women of the snake charmer
community or the Kalbeliya's sing and dance in open-air
cultural extravaganzas and Jodhpur comes alive with
titillating musical strains.
Effigies of King Cobra or the snake God are decorated
with flowers all over royal Jodhpur with devotion and
enthusiasm.
Several legends are associated with Nag Panchami celebrations
in Jodhpur though the most commonly accepted one is
the one about Lord Krishna and the Kalia Snake. Hindus
pray to snakes on Nag Panchami, as they believe that
snakes are an inseparable part of Lord Shiva's accessories.
Hindu's believe that praying to snakes will prevent
them from stinging and thus snakes are pampered with
fruits and milk on Nag Panchami. Women adorn their finest
attires and burn incense sticks as they invoke the serpent
God's blessings. Unmarried Hindu maidens believe that
fasting and performing certain rituals on Nag Panchami
will help them marry suitable young men.
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festival tours, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. For details
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