Mundan ceremony of my twin grandsons
@Professor2010 (20156)
India
February 17, 2012 6:57am CST
We have several rituals for our babies
as I have shared in my previous discussions, ‘mundan’ (tonsuring of hairs on head, grown since birth), is one such.
On 30th of January this year, my son, who lives in Hyderabad, India, took my twin grandsons Aaasu and Nishu to Tirupati temple, got this ritual done. He had made a wish to get this ritual done there.
The shaved hair were offered to God ‘Tirupati’ and thrown in the pond, this temple earns millions of rupees from selling the hairs, even female devotees get the hair on head shaved fully.
[b]Do you have any such or similar rituals?
Please respond, comment on this and share your opinion.
Thanks in advance.[/b]
Let’s enjoy life to fullest.
Professor ‘*^Bhuwan^*’. .
17/2/2012.
as I have shared in my previous discussions, ‘mundan’ (tonsuring of hairs on head, grown since birth), is one such.
On 30th of January this year, my son, who lives in Hyderabad, India, took my twin grandsons Aaasu and Nishu to Tirupati temple, got this ritual done. He had made a wish to get this ritual done there.
The shaved hair were offered to God ‘Tirupati’ and thrown in the pond, this temple earns millions of rupees from selling the hairs, even female devotees get the hair on head shaved fully.
[b]Do you have any such or similar rituals?
Please respond, comment on this and share your opinion.
Thanks in advance.[/b]
Let’s enjoy life to fullest.
Professor ‘*^Bhuwan^*’. .
17/2/2012.1 person likes this
3 responses
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
17 Feb 12
hi professor,
nothing like this that i know of in our country. 
the ritual that i know of (actually it is a religious thing of sort i guess) is for the boys.. not babies. they get circumcised between the ages 5-9.
nothing for the girls that i can remember.
ann
the ritual that i know of (actually it is a religious thing of sort i guess) is for the boys.. not babies. they get circumcised between the ages 5-9.
nothing for the girls that i can remember.
ann1 person likes this
@Professor2010 (20156)
• India
2 Mar 12
Swwety
Thanks for the details, never knew Catholics get circumcision, i knew only Muslims do it.
This is charm of mylot, my knowledge gets enriched.
Thanks for the details, never knew Catholics get circumcision, i knew only Muslims do it.
This is charm of mylot, my knowledge gets enriched.1 person likes this
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
2 Mar 12
the practice of circumcision in the Philippines dates back to the pre-Hispanic era. the Islamic culture of our datus prescribed circumcision as a rule. the ritual was observed in the southern islands of the Philippines all the way up to the north where, curiously, more Christians carried on with the same custom.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
20 Feb 12
First of all, I have to say that they are certainly some cute little boys.
For us, there is no such ritual of having a child's head shaved like this. We do, however, make a big deal out of a baby's first haircut. When both my daughter and my son had their hair cut for the first time I saved a lock of their hair to keep in their baby books just so they would be able to see what their baby hair looked like when they were little.
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@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
19 Feb 12
We don't have rituals for babies here like that. If you are a Christian, baby's are bapitized/christian usually when they are a few months old in the name of God,at church. Where i went to church as a child there were baptisums,from time to time,during the church service. Now most baptisums are just a family affair for the grandparents,parents and sponsors. It has become that way in my family!
