Performing Art · Karnataka

Nagamandala

A night-long ritual performance honouring the serpent deity Naga, centred on an elaborate serpent design drawn on the ground.

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Where Nagamandala comes from

Nagamandala is a night-long ritual performance honouring the serpent deity Naga, rooted in coastal Karnataka's naga-worship tradition, performed to fulfil a vow or seek a blessing.

How it's practiced

An elaborate serpent design is drawn on the ground with natural colours, around which performers dance and sing through the night, culminating in ritual offerings at dawn.

A night-long ritual performance honouring the serpent deity Naga, centred on an elaborate serpent design drawn on the ground.

From discovery to practice

The Journey

Understand

Where Nagamandala comes from, why it started, and what it means today.

See it

Catch it live at Bhoota Aradhane.

Experience it

Request a booking to watch Nagamandala performed live — with the option to meet the practitioners afterwards.

Practice

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Hire Nagamandala performers for your community, college or government event

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Festivals where Nagamandala lives

Spiritual

Karnataka · October–May

Bhoota Aradhane

Coastal Karnataka's ancestral spirit-worship ritual, where a costumed performer becomes the vessel for a bhoota, a guardian spirit, to bless and counsel the village.

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