#NagaPanchamiPoojaVidhi
#GarudaPanchamiPoojaVidhi #BhratruPanchami #SubramanyaAshtotaraShatanamavali
#NagaPanchamiAarthiSong #NagaPanchamiVrathaKatha
A complete step by step audio guide to perform Nagapanchami Pooja or Garudapanchami Pooja.
English Instructions are given at each step of the pooja vidhi to perform pooja with ease.
Nagapanchami Pooja Vidhi includes
✨Ganapathi Pooja - 1:10
✨Subramanya Swamy Nagadevata
Pooja - 10:48
✨Subramanya Ashtotara
Shatanamavali - 22:35
✨Subramanya Swamy Nagadevata
Pooja - 29:13
✨Naga Panchami Arathi Song - 40:45
✨Naga Panchami Vratha Katha - 43:49
Checklist of items needed for Naga Panchami Pooja :
✨Idol / Photo of Ganapathi, Nagadevata, Subramanya Swamy and Snake ant hill mud (if available).
✨Turmeric, Kumkum, Sindhoor (vermilion) powders, Akshata(whole rice grain colored with turmeric), Sandalwood paste, kajal and mangaladravya (blackbead, small black bangles, mangalya, comb, mirror).
✨Kalasapatra/Panchpatra & Uddarana (pot of water with spoon) and argyapatra/cup (to leave water for achamana).
✨Sweet scented flowers like jasmine, lotus, champa, kewda, oleander etc and stringed flower garland.
✨Panchamrith(milk,curd,ghee,honey,sugar) and Coconut water.
✨ Vastra (Garland made of cotton colored with turmeric for offering as divine clothing) and Upavitha (sacred thread) for Ganapathi & Nagadevata.
✨Coconut, Fruits/sweets and offerable food items for Naivedhyam.
✨Betel leaves and betel nuts.
✨Incense sticks, Lamps with wicks (Ekarathi & Pancharathi) and Camphor for Dhoopam & Deepam.
✨Traditional attire to be worn.
Nagapanchami, which finds a mention in the Garuda and Skanda Purana is one of the most important days in the holy month of Shravana.
Nagapanchami is a day of traditional worship of Nagas or snakes observed by Hindus throughout India. The festival teaches us an important life lesson that we must respect Mother Nature and all her creations.
Snakes have held holy references in mythology and scriptures and it is believed that praying to them on this day protects a person from unnecessary fears in life and brings good health, wealth, prosperity, peace and ultimate protection.
As part of the festivities, a Naga idol or serpent deity made of silver, stone, wood, or a painting of snakes is given a reverential bath with milk and their blessings are sought for the welfare of the family.
Why is Naga Panchami Celebrated?
✨King Janamejaya finds out that his father Pareekshit dies as of a snake bite. He decides to perform a Sara yajna and decides to kill and eradicate the entire snake species. But as he gets ready to do so, the advice of a saint giving him the message that cruelty towards animals is a sin, he withdraws from his decision to kill snakes. The day he took this decision is the Shukla Panchami of Shravan. Thus even to this day, the Shukla Panchami of Shravan is celebrated as Naga Panchami.
✨When Krishna was a child, he was playing on the banks of Yamuna River, when he slips and falls into the river. A snake named Kalia attacks him, and Krishna fights against it & wins. After its defeat, Kalia requests Krishna to spare him, when Krishna takes a promise from Kalia, and no snake should harm people. The day Krishna defeated the snake is known as the Shukla Panchami of Shravan, and thus Naga Panchami is held in remembrance of this day.
✨A Goddess named Sathyeshwari keeps fast as her brother passes away the day before. Thus, there is also a belief that brothers benefit from sisters keeping a fast in their name. Sisters perform this Vratham for the great well being and longevity of brothers.
✨Nagapanchami celebrates mother and children commitment and bond between each other, where the mother prays for the better well-being and future of her children.
✨Snakes come out of their burrows in the rainy season. So people worship the snake and pray that it doesn't harm anyone.
✨This pooja is done by recently married couples for their conjugal delight and affluent life.
