Today is Nag Panchami.

@msdivkar (23359)
India
July 24, 2020 11:21pm CST
Today is Nag Panchami. Nag is cobra and Panchami is 5th day of the fortnight in Hindu calendar. To day we install an idol of Nag at home and worship it. By the end of the day it is immersed in water or left in some clean secluded place. This festival is mostly observed in the states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. In some areas they worship a live Nag.
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• Agra, India
25 Jul 20
Enjoy your festival there we don't celebrate it there
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
25 Jul 20
I know it is mostly in Maharashtra and Goa.
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• Agra, India
26 Jul 20
@msdivkar how did you celebrate it
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
26 Jul 20
@amitkokiladitya An idol of Naga is brought home and is worshipped. There are special dishes prepared for the occasion some of them being special rice kheer, alhu massala and many more. You must have heard about alhu wadi. In evening the idol is released in a secluded place. This is our first festival of Shravan month.
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
25 Jul 20
Yes today is Nagpanchmi, we also celebrate this festival in next month, Indian Bhado month.
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
26 Jul 20
@msdivkar Here nearby we have place Gogameri, In next month this small town have fair, Goga peer is known as God of snakes
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
27 Jul 20
@anil02 Thanks for the information.
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
25 Jul 20
Nice to know that. I thought people in north India do not celebrate it.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
25 Jul 20
Have a wonderful holiday.
@msdivkar (23359)
• India
25 Jul 20
Thank you. It was a great celebration in our family house.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
25 Jul 20
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@sarik1 (7283)
25 Jul 20
Enjoy your festival and stay safe.
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@fluffy69 (4955)
25 Jul 20
Enjoy and stay safe
@msdivkar (23359)
• India
25 Jul 20
Thank you and yes staying safe is of prime importance.
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@fluffy69 (4955)
25 Jul 20
@msdivkar very true
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@sophie09 (34236)
• Indonesia
25 Jul 20
enjoy it! and stay safe
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
25 Jul 20
Thank you. I shall try to.
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@sophie09 (34236)
• Indonesia
26 Jul 20
@msdivkar good then
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