5-month-old dies of cobra bite as parents seek naag devta blessing
A five-month-old baby girl died after being bitten by a cobra while getting blessings of 'naag devta' in Chhattisgarh. The baby's parents had handed her over to a snake charmer, who showed up at their doorstep and asked them to let her get the serpentine god's blessings. The snake charmer put the cobra around her neck claiming it wasn't poisonous. 