Vidyarambham (Vidya means "knowledge" , arambham means "beginning') is a Hindu tradition where children between two and three years old are formally initiated into the letters of the alphabet.Initiation into the world of alphabets usually begins with the writing of the mantra
"Om hari sri ganapataye namah". Hari refers to the Lord, sri, to prosperity.
The mantra is written in a tray of rice grains.
Then, the priest would write the mantra on the child's tongue with gold.
Writing on grains denotes the acquisition of knowledge, which leads to prosperity.Writing on the tongue with gold invokes the grace of the Goddess of Learning, by which one attains the wealth of true knowledge.
Update: The above picture got plagiarized by Deshabhimani daily. More details Nishu's Vidyarambham ceremony was conducted at Kollur Mookambika temple.
How to book? No prior booking is required. Make sure you complete the procedure before noon. We reached the temple around 7AM and the procedure got over by 8:15AM.
beautiful captures...
ReplyDeletesad about your pic being plagiarised
have just posted a couple of kollur pics in my travel post at http://bit.ly/mIYtZD
Nice. Good moments. And what was it about pictures plagiarised?
ReplyDeleteNice clicks! Went through your post where you've described Deshabhimani's stunt, awful conduct by a "respected" newspaper!
ReplyDelete@Sushma You can read about the plagiarism incident here.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics...and its really depressing to know that renowned news papers like them doing such a big mistake and not even ready to accept it...
ReplyDeleteIsn't there some way to legally own the copyrights of the pictures on your blog???
@Cindrella You can read the Indian copyright act here.
ReplyDeleteYou have excellently captured the mood of the moment- as always:)
ReplyDeletehi shiju.. we are planning to take our daughter to mookambika temple for vidyarambham.. what all things we will have to take? steel plate, rice???
ReplyDelete@Deepa You don't need to carry anything in particular. Just a gold ring and a traditional dress(optional)would be sufficient. They won't conduct the procedure after noon. Have a nice trip :).
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