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Naag
Panchami: (July/August)
The
fifth day of Shravan, in July / August, is dedicated to snake
worship.
The
Naag culture is quite common in India. Snake charmers start
gathering snakes, thereby saving the lives of the young serpents.
Live cobras or their images are worshipped. Women worship Ananta,
the cosmic snake in temples.
In
Bengal, Manasa is worshipped as the goddess of snakes. Shiva is
also worshipped
since
he wears snakes as ornaments. Snakes are feed milk and sweets, and
released into the
forests.
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