Narayan nagbali

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Narayan Nagbali is a ritual performed at Trimbakeshwar and consists of two different rituals. Narayan bali is done to get rid of ancestral curse (Pitru Shaap) while Nag bali is done to get rid of sin performed by killing a snake, especially a Cobra, which is worshipped in India. It can be performed only at Nasik Trimbakeshwar.

Narayan Bali ritual is done to fulfill the unsatisfied desires of the ancestral souls which are stuck in the world and trouble their progeny. Narayan Bali consists of the same ritual as Hindu funeral. An artificial body mostly made of wheat flour is used. Mantras are used to invoke the such souls who is having certain wishes remaining attached. The ritual makes them possess the body and the funeral frees them to other world.

Nagbali ritual is done to get rid of sin of killing nag (Cobra). In this ritual also the funeral is performed on the body of snake made with wheat dough.