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3 unusual facts about Snake worship


Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple

The findings include Naga idols and suggest that serpent worship was widely practised in the Kerala and Jaffna region during the megalithic period.

Pueblo III Era

:It is likely that public ceremonial dances were performed for bountiful harvests, health, hunting and rain, like the Hopi Snake Dance.

Shripat Pimpri

There are other temples also in the village such as Vithoba, Dattatreya, Dnyaneshwar, Mhasoba, a place for Snake worship and one masjid (Mosque) at the center of the village.



see also

Manasa

Manasa is ceremonially worshipped on Nag Panchami - a festival of snake worship in the Hindu month of Shravan (July–August).