About Annaprashana Pooja
Annaprashana is the samskara in which a baby is fed solid food, usually rice, for the first time. It is traditionally held in the sixth month for boys and the fifth or seventh month for girls, on an auspicious day chosen by the priest. The ceremony includes Ganapathi puja, prayers for the child's health and the first feeding of payasam or rice by the parents.
Annaprashana Pooja samagri list
- Silver bowl and spoon for the baby
- Payasam or kheer
- Kalasham, coconut and mango leaves
- Turmeric, kumkum and akshata
- Flowers, fruits and betel leaves
- New clothes for the baby
- Book, pen, gold and rice (for the object choice)
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