In the heartlands of rural India, where tradition runs deep and the bond between nature and the divine remains strong, Naag Panchami is more than just a religious festival. Celebrated on the fifth day ...

In the context of any possession ritual (not limited solely to serpent worship, but including practices like kola or theyyam), the process of spirit possession may be seen as a manifestation of an ...

Snakes, and the mysterious subterranean world they inhabit, have always been fascinating, filling us with a primordial awe and fear. The author tells us how an elderly gentleman had once corrected him ...

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Hyderabad: A tradition of serpent worship has been thriving over the ages in the Tulunadu region of Karnataka. This area is known for its strong cultural legacy and has various traditions that involve ...

Serpent Worship.—Mr. Wilfrid D. Hambly, assistant curator of African ethnology in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, has made a study of serpent worship in Africa which appears as ...

A man beats a drum during the snake worship ceremony at Shewang temple in Zhanghu town of Yanping district in Nanping, Southeast China's Fujian province, Aug 8, 2016. Snake is the totem of the locals ...