Interesting facts about Nag Panchami

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Ploughing and digging is forbidden on Nag Panchami because it might inadvertently kill a snake.

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In Hindu mythology snakes represent rain and are often regarded as the deities of ponds and rivers.

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While all serpents and snakes are worshippers, the main ritual even is to offer milk and crystallized sugar to cobra.

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Cobra is short for cobra de capelo or cobra-de-capelo, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood" or "hood-snake"

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