

There are 270 different types of Cobras and their relatives, they all have short fangs and are all extremely poisonous.Cobra is short for cobra de capelo or cobra-de-capelo, which is Portuguese for “snake with hood” or “hood-snake”.While all serpents and snakes are worshipers, the main ritual even is to offer milk and crystallized sugar to cobra.In Hindu mythology snakes represent rain and are often regarded as the deities of ponds and rivers.Ploughing and digging is forbidden on Nag Panchami because it might inadvertently kill a snake.Images of Nag deities made of silver, stone, wood or paintings on the wall are first bathed with water and milk and then worshiped with the reciting of the following mantras. On the Nag Panchami day, snakes are worshiped with milk, sweets, flowers and lamps. The ritual is widely observed in Nepal, particularly for the fight between Garuda and a great serpent. Hindu MythologyĪccording to Hindu mythology, Nags are deity snakes. It’s a day of snakes worshiped on the fifth day following the no-moon (aushi). Nag Panchami 2079 Festival is the traditional worship of snakes observed by Hindus throughout India and Nepal.

Some interesting facts about Nag Puja 2079.
