Nagpanchami festival in Navtol village
There is a tradition of feeding snakes on the day of Nagpanchami across the country, but there is a village in the country, where hundreds of poisonous snakes are found to be released from the river on the occasion of Nagpanchami. Not only this, people here play like children with snakes who removed them from the river. On the occasion of Nagpanchami, people come from far and wide to see this amazing and intimidation view. The name of the village is Navtol and this village is in Mansurachak block of Begusarai district in Bihar.
This village is also called the village of snakes. Because people here do not even care about their lives to fulfill their tradition. On the occasion of Nagpanchami held on Tuesday, a similar view was seen once again. In Navtol village, people here jumped into the Balan river to carry out their tradition and caught hundreds of snakes. On this occasion, the snake -catching Bhagat reached Bhagabati temple by hanging the snakes while dancing on the beat of Dhol.
300 year old tradition
During this time, hundreds of people came to see this wonderful view of the river. It is said that this tradition of this village is 300 years old. Raubi Das, a resident of the village, was a great devotee of Bhagwati. This tradition was first started on the occasion of Nagpanchami at this place. Since then, till today their Banshj and villagers are fulfilling this tradition with full sentiment.
What is environmental importance of this practice
In relation to the snake fair on Nagpanchami, villagers say that snakes absorb methane gas in nature, which is considered important for environmental balance. In Sanatan Dharma, the serpent is worshiped to recognize this importance and to maintain harmony with nature. The association of snake with Lord Shiva and Tantra seekers shows this natural importance.