Nag Panchami or Garuda Panchami

This festival is observed on shravana shukla panchami.

Once a sister asked her brother to fetch kevra flower on a panchami day. When the boy went to the garden to pick the flower, he was bitten by a snake and he died. Nagaraja the snake, however, appeared before the sister in answer to her prayers and brings the boy back to life.

The festival is observed to remember this event.

People worship nagaraja and pray for the well being of their brothers and sisters. Sisters go to the snake pit for worship and bring mud from the pit to rub on the back of their brothers and pray for their happiness.

The prasad is the same as the previous day naga charurthi. Whereas for naga chaturthi only the women of the house worship the naaga, for this all members of the family worship the snake god.