RAJANNA-SIRCILLA, JULY 29, 2025: Nagula Panchami is celebrated at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy devasthanam in Vemulawada of Rajanna-Sircilla district on Tuesday with religious fervour.
This temple is specifically a unique temple dedicated to serpent worship located near the Rajarajeshwara Swamy temple. This festival, also known as Naga Chaturthi, is a day of reverence for the Serpent Gods, Nag Devatas, and is primarily observed by married women who offer prayers for the well-being of their children.
Nagula Chavithi, a revered festival honouring the Nag devatas (Serpent Gods), is celebrated on the fourth day after the new moon during Kartika masam in the lunar calendar. This year, the festival falls on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. Nagula Chavithi holds particular significance for married women, who perform rituals with dedication, seeking the blessings of the Nag Devatas for the health and longevity of their children. Womenfolk formed serpentine queues to offer milk to the Nag Devasthas and prayers.
‘Tradition and religious fervour marked the Nagula Chavithi celebrations in Karimnagar town also. Devotees in traditional attire thronged the few available snake pits to celebrate the occasion from early on in the day, and they later visited nearby temples
As a result of urbanisation, snake pits are dwindling. While the lucky families, which had snake pits near their colonies, walked down to them, carrying materials required for the puja, others had to travel to far-off places and the outskirts of the city in search of snake pits. In Karimnagar town, the people offered prayers at the Snake pit available at Gidda Perumandla Swamy temple and Peddamma temple and other temple shrines.
