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Nag idols are priced at Rs.20.
The rituals associated with Nag Panchami in North Kannada include making Naga idols out of clay at home.
Nag Panchami is the fifth day of the bright fortnight of the lunar month of Shravana, which is today, August 9th. They also prayed for the well-being of their brothers and family. Every region has its own Nag Panchami tradition. In Uttara Kannada, men carry Nag idols from house to house. After visiting every house with the Nag idol, the young boys immersed the idol in the river.
Nagar Panchami is like a family festival for people in coastal and hilly areas of Karnataka. The rituals associated with Nag Panchami in North Kannada include making Naga idols out of clay at home. They worship these idols. They also sell these idols. People migrating from Mundagodu area of Uttara Kannada district followed closely behind.
Housewives and children make and sell Naga idols. In the morning, they collect the soil and add water to moisten it. Milk should then be added. Rub it on the floor and make idols out of it. Those who do not have Naga idols at home or do not follow this tradition wait for their children to come home to buy Naga idols. They shouted “Nagappa Buykenree Nagappa”. They are sold at Rs 20 each.
Children visit the whole town and earn 2,000-3,000 rupees that day. This ceremony takes two days. Finally, on the day after Shashti, the clay idol dissolved like the Ganapathi idol immersed in the river. Naga Panchami is considered the biggest festival in North Kannada. Here, worshiping the Dragon King is considered auspicious.
