<p>Nagpanchami - the festival of snakes has been celebrated in India for years. On this day, snake charmers visit door to door and people pray to snakes, and offer milk too.</p><p>Even after a lot of security and control by forest department and administration, snake charmers were there in the city - with snake and pairs of snakes. People prayes, worshipped and offered milk to the snakes. By evening, forest department managed to liberate 374 snakes and sent them back to the forest.</p><p>Snake charmers take out the teeth and venom-gland (pioson carrying part of the snakes' body) so that they are not harmful to anyone. Even the kids of their families are trained to do this. This is the only day of year where they can earn a little extra.</p><p>Administration and police was vigilant and many snake charmers were arrested, fined and snakes were confiscated from them. Under wild life protection act and animal cruelty act, Snakes are not to be treated like this and thats why snake charmers were caught and given warnings.</p>