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Nag panchami 2025: Today, the festival of Nag Panchami is being celebrated across the country. It is celebrated on the fifth day of Shukla Paksha of Shravan month for the worship of Nagdevata. On Nag Panchami, worshiping with law is important, while many beliefs and traditions are also prevalent. Along with worship on the day of Nag Panchami, the doll is beaten in some parts of the country. In this unique festival, sisters make clothes dolls which brothers beat with sticks. Let us know about this tradition in detail…

Know where this tradition is famous

Nag panchami On the occasion of this tradition is celebrated in many places in Uttar Pradesh. It is said that sisters make dolls to celebrate this festival. Usually girls prepare dolls made of old clothes and keep it near the intersection or pond. After this, brothers gather there and beat the other child with a stick. In this way children play this tradition.

Know the story behind this tradition

This tradition begins with a story. Where there was a boy who was a great devotee of Lord Shiva according to the legend prevalent. Therefore, every morning goes to the temple and worships God where the boy daily Nag deity There were also philosophy of Once in the month of Sawan, the boy along with his sister went to the temple to worship Shivling. Pleased with the worship of the brother and sister, the serpent gods came and sat near both of them. The boy’s sister was scared to see Nag. He thought that he did not bite his brother, so he started beating Nag with a stick. When the brother saw this, he was very sad at the condition of the snake.

During that time, the priest of the temple said that your sister has got a snake defect, which may have to suffer many terrible consequences. Hearing this, the boy asked for a solution to the snake defect, then the priest told him a solution.

The tradition of beating the doll started

Where according to the method mentioned by Pandit, the boys made a doll of a cloth and beat him up 11 times and 11 times upside down. Then the doll was buried deep into the ground and after that he performed the law and worship of Nag Dev. After adopting such a remedy, the snake defect on the girl became free from the girl. Since then, this tradition is played till date.

This story is also prevalent

Apart from the tradition of beating this doll, another story is mentioned. In olden times, people were very afraid of snakes. Therefore, on this day, the dolls were beaten up by the snakes symbolically, which raised the feeling of prevention from snakes. This tradition was seen by associating with religious rituals and wishing for blessings.