Snakes are worshipped on this day. Snakes according to Hindus are
powerful Gods, some well disposed towards humans, other malevolent. The
fifth day of Shravan is dedicated to them and they are worshipped in
various ways. In South India, where snake worship is very common,
people, feed snakes. They offer milk and fruits. On Nagpanchmi it is
forbidden to plough field. A legend says that a farmer while ploughing
his field accidentally killed some serpents with the ploughshare. In
retaliation the mother of the serpents killed the farmer. Not content
with this the mother went to the farmer's house and bit everybody there
except a girl who was worshipping a serpent at that moment. On seeing
the devotion of the girl towards her tribe, the serpent was pleased and
repenting on her rash act, revived the farmer and his family by a charm
she possessed.
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