Nagpanchami/Nagara Panchami 2017

Nagara Panchami  is celebrated on Shukla Paksha Panchami Tithi in Shraavan Masa. Usually Nagara Panchami falls  four days  after Ashada Jyothir Bheemeshwara Vrat. This time Nagara Panchami  falls in the month of July
27th 2017.On this day all of them worship Naga Devta for the well being ; especially girls, married women pray for the longevity of brothers and their well being.

               Nagara Panchami is the traditional  Hindu festival worshipped to the serpent God Nagaraja and his family.Especially 12 serpent Gods are important among them:

Ananta
Vasuki
Shesha
Padmanabham
Kambala
Karkotaka
Ashvatara
Dhritarashtra
Shankhapala
Kaliya
Takshaka
Pingala

Usually 9 serpent gods are worshiped everyday by chanting the below mantra.If this mantra is chanted everyday regularly for 11 times  they will be protected from all evils and the individual will overcome from  the fear of poisonous snakes and in all their deeds they will obtain victory.

अनन्तं वासुकिम्  शेषं  पद्मनाभं  च कम्बलम् |
शङ्ख पालं  धृतराष्ट्रं  तक्षकं कालियं तथा ||
एतानि नव नामानि  नागानां च महात्मानाम् |
सायड्काले पठेन्नित्यं  प्रातः काले विशेषतः |
तस्य विषभयं नास्ति  सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत् || 




WORSHIP OF SERPENTS STARTED?

After the death of King Parikshit by a snake bite; who was cursed by a sage.The next descendent who became Kuru King was Janmejay .He performed Sarpayagna in order to take revenge on his father's death. But a learned sage Astika appeased him. The King Janmejay told Sage Astika to ask a boon.Soon he asked to stop sarpayagna as by doing this yagna will not bring his father alive.Soon Takshak was released free by Sage Astika. The day King Janmejay performed sarpayagna was shuklapaksha shraavan masa panchami tithi.

         Another story, Sri Krishna forced Serpent Kaliya to leave holy Yamuna river which is on shukla paksha shraavan masa panchami day.


Mantra:

सर्वे नागाः  प्रीयन्तां मे ये केचित् पृथिवीतले |
ये च हेलिमरीचिस्था  येsन्तरे दिवि  संस्तिताः |
ये नदीषु महानागा ये सरस्वतिगामिनः |
ये च  वापीतडागेषु   तेषु सर्वेषु वै नमः ||

may the snakes who are staying in this world,sky,heaven,sun-rays,lakes,wells,ponds,etc,bless us and we all salute them.


Procedure:

Place a wooden plank ; draw rangoli   in straight lines.No designs and twisted designs should be drawn on chaturthi and panchami days.

In a Silver/Brass  plate place  Ganesha moorti and Nagdevta moorti  and pour milk with ghee and  puffed flattened rice(Battada Aralu).

Prepare rice flour(hasi tambittu)  cradle (Tottillu) and baby five of them and keep all of them on betel leaves and pour same milk and ghee.(To prepare tambittu soak rice for 1 hr and grind with jaggery , coconut and cardamom powder).After preparing tottilu and koosu five of them with ghee; keep  some tambittu for naivedyam and later serve as prasadam to all the family members.

Don't use haldi and kumkum after pouring milk and ghee mixture.

Use flowers, flower garland,gejje vastra,ghee lamps,dhoop,etc.,

For naivedyam we should not offer  fried items or green leafy veggies or turmeric .

So traditional recipes like kuchchida kadubu,white ghee rice,curd rice, nuchchinunde, payasam, panaka, kosambari,vegetable palya etc., are prepared on this day.

After naivedyam do Mangalarathi and distribute prasadam.

Next girls and married women can do tani eriyodu to their brothers.