Playing with Scorpions

On the day of Nagara Panchami, while people across the country offer prayers to the snake god, the people in Kandkur village in Yadgir taluk offer prayers and perform puja to scorpion goddess Kondammai.

Here Nagara Panchami is celebrated as a festival of scorpions. The scorpions here seem to have developed a special bond with people as they do not sting them even when people play with it on the day.