Pictures of an Ordaining Ceremony (Munji)

Being Mama`s Boy One Last Time

© K.L.Kamat/Kamat's Potpourri
Being Mama`s Boy One Last Time
The Matru-Bhojana Ritual

The mother feeds the boy one last time with her hands

Table of Contents
Boy Becomes Man

Pictures!
The Ladies Giving a Crash Course in Food Preparation to the UnderstudyThe Shaving of the Head RitualGoing, Going, Gone!
You are hereHindu Boy with Sacred Thread Carrying WaterThe Understudy (Vatu) learns to eat rice on a banana leaf
Keeping track of GiftsThe priest advising about Vatus duties

Kamat's Potpourri The Timeless Theater Hinduism Potpourri Pictures of an Ordaining Ceremony (Munji) The Matru-Bhojana Ritual