Hindus throughout Nepal are observing Nag Panchami, the festival to honour snakes.

Here are some interesting facts!

• Ploughing and digging is forbidden on Nag Panchami because it might inadvertently kill a snake.
• In Hindu mythology snakes represent rain and are often regarded as the deities of ponds and rivers. 
• While all serpents and snakes are worshippers, the main ritual even is to offer milk and crystallized sugar to cobra 
• Cobra  is short for cobra de capelo or cobra-de-capelo, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood" or "hood-snake"

• There are 270 different types of Cobras and their relatives, they all have short fangs and are all extremely poisonous.
• When threatened, the Indian Cobra will raise the front one-third of its body and elongate its neck ribs to form its distinctive hood, on which there are resembled eyes.
• King cobras can reach 18 feet  in length, making them the longest of all venomous snakes
• A spitting cobra is any of several species of cobras that can project venom from their fangs when defending themselves. The sprayed venom is harmless but it could cause temporary blindness. Some species spit their venom as far as 6.6 feet!