(NARENDRA SHRESTHA/EPA) Every year, people in Nepal and various South Asian countries including India, worship snakes on Nag Panchami. While the festival holds religious and cultural significance ...

The tradition of feeding milk to snakes on Nag Panchami has been around in India since ancient times. This practice is very popular, especially in rural areas. Should one feed milk to snakes?

On this auspicious day, people worship Nagas or snakes. Nag Panchami will be celebrated on fifth day or Panchami Tithi of Shukla Paksha in the month Shravan. This year, the festival of Nag ...

Snakes or Nagas have always occupied a significant position in Hindu mythology and religious rites. The cobra is taken to be the symbol of the Nagas. Nag Panchami (Hindi: नाग पंचमी) is the Hindu ...