HINDU RITUALS
HINDU RITUALS
IN HINDUISM THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF
WORSHIP AND TRADITIONS, VEGETARIAN AND
NON VEGETARIAN OFFERINGS ARE MADE TO
MANY DEITIES ACROSS SOUTH ASIA.
THESE RITUALS CAN HAPPEN INSIDE THE
HOUSE, IN TEMPLES OR NEAR SACRED
RIVERS.
THERE ARE 16 MAIN RITUALS IN HINDUISM .
CONCEIVE OF THE EMBRYO
KNOWING ABOUT BEING
PREGNANT FOR HINDUS
IS A VERY JOYOUS
THING THEY HAVE A
RITUAL WHERE THEY
CONVINCE THE CHILD
AND IN INDIAS IT’S
CALLED GARBHADHANA
SAMSKARA.
THE RITES OF KNOWING
HAVING A BOY
BIRTH OF A BOY IS A
VERY JOYOUS AND
AUSPICIOUS
OCCASION BY THE
BIRTH OF A BOY A
MAN HAS REPAID
HIS DEBT TO THE
ANCESTORS.
PARTING THE HAIR RITES OF
WOMAN DURING PREGNANCY
BEFORE GIVING
BIRTH A RITUAL
WILL BE HELD
WHICH IS PARTING
THE WOMAN’S
HAIR TO ENSURE
A SAFE DELIVERY.
THE BIRTH RITUAL
WHEN A CHILD IS
BORN MANY
RITUALS AND
CEREMONIES
ARE HELD
THROUGHOUT
THEIR LIFETIME.
THE NAME CEREMONY
ITS A CEREMONY
HELD TO NAME
THE CHILD IT
USUALLY
HAPPENS ON THE
10TH OR 12TH
DAY AFTER BIRTH.
THE CHILD’S FIRST OUTING
WHEN THE
CHILD IS OLD
ENOUGH A
RITUAL IS HELD
FOR THEIR FIRST
TIME GOING
OUTSIDE.
THE CHILD’S FIRST FEEDING
WITH SOLID FOOD
WHEN A CHILD IS
ABOUT 6 MONTHS
OLD THEY CAN START
EATING SOLID FOOD A
CEREMONY IS HELD
FOR WHEN THE CHILD
HAS ITS FIRST MEAL
WITH THE SOLID
FOOD
TONSURE CEREMONY
THIS IS A
CEREMONY
WHERE THE
CHILD’S HEAD IS
SHAVED MOSTLY
ON THEIR FIRST
OR THIRD YEAR.
THE EAR PIERCING CEREMONY
THIS IS A
CEREMONY FOR
THE GIRLS WHERE
THEY PIERCE
THEY EARS
BETWEEN THE
AGES OF 3 TO 5.
THE BEGINNING OF
KNOWLEDGE
WHENEVER THE
CHILD STARTS
LEARNING THE
ALPHABET IT MARKS
THEIR BEGINNING
OF KNOWLEDGE
AND THE HINDUS
HAVE A CEREMONY .
THE WRITS OF RECEIVING THE
SECRET THREAD
DURING THE AGES OF 8 TO
24 A HIGH CASTLE BOY IS
GIVEN A SACRED WHITE
THREAD WHICH
SYMBOLIZES A HIGH CASTLE
MALE DURING THIS TIME
THEY ARE EXCLUDED OF
ANY SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND
CAN’T INTERACT WITH ANY
WOMAN EVEN THEIR MOM
AND SISTER.
FOR WOMAN BEING A HIGH
CAST IS DIFFERENT WHEN
THEY HIT PUBERTY THEY ARE
ISOLATED FOR 3 DAYS THEN
THEY ARE BATHED AND THEY
HOLD A FEAST.
THE RITUAL OF BEGINNING THE
STUDY OF THE VEDA
A RITUAL IS HELD
FOR WHENEVER A
PERSON BEGINS
THE STUDY OF THE
VEDAS. A VEDAS IS
THE HINDUS
RELIGIOUS BOOK.
THE FIRST SHAVING OFF THE
BEARD
WHEN A BOY HITS
PUBERTY AFTER A
WHILE THEY START
GROWING A BEARD
THE HINDUS HAVE A
RITUAL FOR WHEN THE
MAN SHAVES HIS
BEARD FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
THE RITUAL ENDING OF
STUDENT LIFE
ENDING OF STUDENT
LIFE IS BASICALLY
WHEN THE PERSON
HAS COMPLETED
SCHOOL AND WILL
NOW BE STARTING
ADULT HOOD AND
GET MARRIED .
THE MARRIAGE RITUAL
TO THE HINDUS
MARRIAGE IS AN
EXCEPTED TRADITION
WHEN A WOMAN GETS
MARRIED IT MARKS THE
END OF HER CHILDHOOD
LIFE WITH FRIENDS AND
FAMILY AND WILL START
A NEW LIFE WITH HER
HUSBAND.
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF MARRIAGE IN THE
SOUTH OF INDIA THERE IS CROSS COUSIN
MARRIAGE WHICH IS BASICALLY A GUY
MARRYING SOMEONE HE ALREADY KNOWS
BUT IN THE NORTH THE GUY CAN MARRY
SOMEONE WHO IS A STRANGER ACCORDING
TO THEIR WEALTH OCCUPATION AND
ASTROLOGICAL COMPATIBILITY.
ALL OF THE EXPENSES IS ON THE BRIDES
FATHER AND THEIR CEREMONY STARTS BY
THROWING OFFERINGS INTO THE FIRE.
THE FUNERAL RITUAL
THIS RITUAL IS KNOWN AS THE
LAST SACRIFICE AND THEY
ARE EITHER CREAMED OR
BURIED AND ON THE FUNERAL
DAY THE S FEET IS POINTED
SOUTH TOWARDS THE REALM
OF YAMA AND THE GOD OF
DEATH WHILE THE HEAD IS
POINTED TOWARDS THE
NORTH TO THE REALM OF
KUNDERA THE GOD OF
WEALTH .
THEN THE FUNERAL PYRE IS LIT WITH
DOMESTIC FIRE AND THE ASHES ARE
COLLECTED BETWEEN THE 3RD AND 10TH
DAY AND THEIR LY THROWN INTO SACRED
RIVERS AFTER THAT THE FAMILY OF THE
DEAD ONE GIVE OUT RICE CAKES BECAUSE
THEY BELIEVE THAT THE BODY OF THE
DEAD IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THE NEXT
WORLD THE DAILY OFFERINGS CONTINUE
FOR 10 DAYS JUST LIKE THE 10 LUNAR
MONTHS .
PREPARED BY: MINA, ANGELINA