Nag Panchami today

BY A STAFF REPORTER

Kathmandu, Aug. 2: People across Nepal are marking the festival of Nag Panchami on Tuesday. In this festival, the people paste the pictures of serpent deity above the main entrance of their houses. 

On the occasion, people in the Kathmandu Valley visit Nag Pokhari of Naxal of Kathmandu, Dhapakhel of Lalitpur   and Taudaha Nag Pokhari of Kirtipur in Kathmandu. 

People also visit nearby temples which are mainly dedicated to snake gods and perform pooja.

People also symbolically feed milk to snakes with the hope that such act will cure the astrological imbalance and save the family from evil.  

Nag Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day of the lunar fortnight of the month of Shravan (between July and August) every year.  

On this day, a big religious fair takes place at Changunarayan Temple, which lies at the top of small hill in Bhaktapur.