MADHYABINDU (NAWALPARASI), August 21: The 'Nepal Snake Festival' has been organized at Kawasoti on the occasion of Naag Panchami. The two-day Festival was organized with the aim of reducing the conflict between humans and snakes, thereby preserving snakes.

KATHMANDU, August 2: Hindu devotees across the country are observing the Naag Panchami festival today.

KATHMANDU, July 24: Dhanraj Chitrakar started drawing serpentine deities from the age of 14. It has been over five decades since he has been into this business but now fears for a technological take over as people have shifted onto printed versions of Naag Posters. Now he is fearing for his profession which in some decades can be the rarest-of-rarest as the younger generation are drifting away from it.

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KATHMANDU, Aug 5: Hindus are observing the Naagpanchami festival today as per the time-honored tradition at Naagpokhari, Kathmandu.