Nagpanchami celebrations in Shirala will be restored, promises home minister

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India's Home Minister Amit Shah pledged to reinstate the traditional Nag Panchami cobra worship in Battis Shirala, Maharashtra. The Bombay High Court banned the practice in 2014 following a campaign by wildlife activists. Shah attributed the ban to "vote bank politics" and assured that the celebrations would resume under a...

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Amit Shah

32nd and current Home Minister of India (born 1964)
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Naga Panchami

Hindu festival honouring serpents

Shirala

Town in Maharashtra, India

Maharashtra

State in Western India
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Bombay High Court

High court of Maharashtra and Goa states
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Bharatiya Janata Party

Indian political party
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