LIST OF SANSKARS

Chhatihar On the sixth day of birth

Shashthika (Sathi) Bhagwati is worshiped in the evening on a special alpana The mother and child wear new yellow clothes Things required are Purhar Patil, Deep, Earthen pot, Fan made of bamboo (beeain), Kajrauta, Shahi Kant, Knife, Chura, lava, paper, red ink.

Namkaran On the 11th or 12th day of the birth of the child or any auspicious day Pooja of Panch Devata, Vishnu, Navagraha and Parthiv Shivaling is performed A suitable name often determined by Rashi of the child is then given to the child The mother, child and the person performing the pooja and rites wear new clothes At times, the name is written on the lips of the child with durba stem dipped in madhu This rite is less prevalent

Annaprashan In the 6/8 month for male and 5/7/9 month for female child

On an auspicious day and time (Shubha Muhurta)

After performing puja, the child, in new clothes, is fed payas, sweets by an elderly lady

Mundan In 1/3/5 year

The Chudakarana (Sanskrit: चूड़ाकरण , Cū ḍ ākara ṇ Mundan In Maithil hair tuft) or the Mundana (literally, tonsure), is the eighth of the sixteen Hindu sa a) (literally, arrangement of thehair tuft) or the Mundana (literally, tonsure), is the eighth of the sixteen Hindu sa ṃ skāras (sacraments), in which a child receives his/her first haircut.

Auspicious day and time (see calendar)

The hair of the child is cut with scissors and are collected in the anchar of an elderly lady who sits behind the child

This is disposed off in the evening in the roots of bamboo tree or in a river

Durbakshat and chumaon are performed

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Akshararambha In 3rd or 5th year (generally on Mundan Day)

In the morning hour, (after Mundan Ceremony) the acharya performs puja of Panch Devata, Kul Devata, Ganesh, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Vishnu, Mahadeva and Brahma

On a whole banana leaf, placed over an alpana, 5 kg of rice is spread

Acharya takes the child in his lap and holding a chalk in the child's hand writes "OM NAMAH SHIDHDHAM" on rice

It is, then, covered with a yellow cloth

The rice is removed in the evening and used

Nowadays, Akshararambh is also performed on Basant Panchmi day