UPANAYANAM
UPANAYANAM
Posted on September 3, 2015 by sujasudi
UPANAYANAM for young boys is done at odd ages like 7,9,11,13 etc.
- Once parents decide on doing UPANAYANAM for their son, first step is to discuss with family prohith the suitable auspicious date for the function.
- For this Prohith will need the star of the boy and mother (Better to have their horoscopes). Even the mutt and Veda they belong to should be informed, so accordingly the procedure will be followed later.
- Normally he would fix, 4 / 5 dates. Parents can fix any one date deciding on their convenience. Once the date is fixed, parents can decide on the venue of the function.
- If they are planning to do in a marriage hall, the hall can be given advance and hall is fixed.(on an auspicious day and time).
- We would need the hall from previous morning to next evening. ( If we go to mantap on the function day morning, it would get too late. So, better to be in the mantap the previous day so some basic arrangements can be done without hurry)
- Next is ARISINA KUTTAL function (This day can be any auspicious day / we can ask the prohit for this too) – Refer ARISINA KUTTAL page.
- Invitation can be given out for printing. Once printing is done, FIRST invitation is sent to KULADEIVAM, SECOND is sent to OUR MUTT (to whichever we belong to), THIRD to elderly THAMPATHI relative of ours and get their blessings. Then, they can be distributed to our friends and relatives of our wish.
- Purchase of return gifts for friends and relatives
- Grandparents/ mama-athai (Mothers parents / brother-sister-in-law) have to get all these items for the function :
- Silver & Gold Janevara / poonool – sold in jewellery shops
- Silver pela, panchotra, udrani , Biksha patra
- New pattu for the grandson, dresses for their daughters family
- Chain, Ring for the boy (optional)
- Gopura 2 – covered with blouse bits, Urundai 5, Chekkili 5
- Garland for the boy
- 1 murukku & 1 ladoo in a cover – 1 cover should be given for each person who puts BIKKASHADA RICE for the boy. So, ask the boys parents, how many such covers are needed and so many covers should be ready.
PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS : 1. CHECK ARTHI PAGE
THINGS TO BE TAKEN TO THE MANTAP: (MARK THEM NEATLY IN DIFFERENT BOXES)
* Kuladeivam photo, Ganesha photo, Dheepa, Oil in a can, Hathi, Bathi, Camphor, plates for all these, Viludalai-adikai (vethalai paakku – many), Rangoli powder, Kaavi-red mud, Newspapers – 30 nos (which can be used as mats to sit down), Ghee
* Match boxes, scissors, nool kandu (thread-thick ones), strapler, safety pins etc.
- Min 5 varieties of fruits & flowers
- Haldi -kukkum-akshada-chandan plate atleast 3 sets (1-stage, 1-common, 1-reception)
- Aarthi plates – 10 nos + Big plates (tambalam) 15 nos
- Blouse bits – 10 nos
- Return gifts for relatives and friends (Pada pooja, ashtavarga, friends gifts etc)
- 1 cane/stick, 1 saree, 1 – 9*6 dhoti , for Naandi and Devar Samaradane
- Haldi-rice powder which was done during Arisina kuttal , 1big white kerchief soaked in haldi water & dried for sondige muhurtha
- Extra haldi and kumkum and akshada each 1/4 kg separately
- Gajavastra ready atleast 25 nos
- 5 sets of Tamara pela- panchotra – 4 yards dhoti- dakshanai for Chawala Panthi DHANA
- Poonol / Janevara+Gopi chandana+dakshana put in a cover – All men who are assembled in the hall are given 1 cover each – Chk the no of covers and take so many.
- 1 decorated anantara patte (4 yards silk dothi for holding Anantara patte)
- 1 bag full rice for Bikshada rice
- Lot of coins / Rs. in lesser denomination – to put in arthi plates and to give whenever asked by prohit.
- Items for Upanayanam boy given by mothers parents (grandparents)
- Tissues / extra old clothes for wiping hands
- Silver plate to eat lunch for the boy -The plate has to be big – The plate given during annaprasanna for the boy / some big plate.
- Sugar and peppermint sweets to be kept in reception
ARTHI FOR GOD : Mix haldi, kumkum, akshada in few spoons of water in an Arthi plate. Have 2 Ghee dipped dheepas. Either 2 persons or 1 person has to take ghee arthi for God. Then, the dheepas are kept down in pooja room. Later, the arthi water is poured to Tulsi or any plant.
ARTHI FOR PERSONS: Mix haldi, chunna, akshada in few spoons of water in Arthi plate. 2 persons have to take Arthi with Akshada in hand. For this, put a small rangoli down. Put a mat on it. Ask the person for whom arthi has to be taken sit on it. 2 Elderly persons have to take arthi and put akshada on the person and bless them. (2/4/more people have to sit for arthi)
ENNAI SASTRA / OIL BATH : Put a small rangoli down and put a mat on it. On the function day early morning, the function boy, parents,siblings are made to sit on a mat down. Either 2/4 /more person has to sit. Elderly lady has to keep 3 drops of oil with a flower on everybody’s head and tell the blessing sloka
Gange cha Yamune chaiva Godavari Saraswati |
Narmade Sindhu Kaveri jalesmin sannidhim kuru ||
put akshada on all and bless them.
PRIOR INFORMATION PROCEDURE :
* First fix the family prohit/aachar for the funtion. Inform him about your MUTT and which VEDA you belong to, so that appropriate procedures will be followed.
* Once hall is fixed, invitations are being distributed, fix up on the food menu for host and guest for all days during function. Fix up appropriate cook for the function. The upanayanam procedure might need special food items of sweets and other items. Check this out and fix it properly with the cook appropriately
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* Fix organisers for hall decoration.
* Fix NADASWARAM troop
* Inform a barber for the procedure before upanayanam (Ask for the time when the barber must be approximately available from Prohith)
* Invite 5 young boys for CHAVALA PANTI to be present on the day of the function (Find out the time – usually it is early morning)
* Mama (mothers brother) of the boy will be bringing in the boy into mantap. So inform mama to be present with the boy during the funtion
* 5 elderly men should be chosen from the family. Inform them not to take any breakfast or food in the morning of the funtion. They will be doing Anna Dhana to the boy after his upanayanam. Keep them informed about this prior.
STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE : (Apart from what Prohith tells us to do…)
- Previous friday or the previous day, HOOVILAI / SUMANGALI PRATHANAI is done (refer hoovilai page)
- If possible do a SATYA NARAYANA POOJA before the day of the function
- Previous day ASHTAVARGA & PADA POOJA is done (The procedure will be done by Prohith. This is exchange of gifts between the hosts and guests)
- Put rangoli, decoration of hall, Keep few aarthi plates ready for taking for the boy, All basic arrangements done the previous day
- SONDIGE MUGURTHA (Yellow haldi soaked dried kerchief + Haldi powder from ARISINA KUTTAL mixed in water to make a dough. Min 5 sumangalies called for keeping sondige on the kerchief. Kumkum is kept on it. Kumkum is given to the sumangali by the host. Finally sondige is kept by the boy and his mother).
Keep all the sondiges near God. After the funtion is over, these can be put in water and poured to plants.
- On the day of function NANDI KARIYADU function will happen. (Keep few blouse bits ready. Prohith will take care of the procedure)
- DEVAR SAMARADANE is next. ( A small cane, decorated with saree and dhoti told before + haldi+kumkum regular pooja) This procedure also Prohith will take care. The saree and dhoti are to be later worn by host of this function only.
- Aachar / Prohith will take care of the remaining procedure. We just need to follow his rules.
DRUSHTI :
After all the function is over, all the people in the mantap should be made to stand together. The eldermost lady in the group should take salt in both hands, and take out drushti to everybody. The salt should be put in water.
ALL THE ABOVE THINGS, IF MARKED AND KEPT READY, AND WELL INFORMED TO OUR RELATIVES AND JOBS DELIGATED TO OUR WELL WISHERS, THE FUNCTION WILL HAPPEN SMOOTHLY WITHOUT ANY CONFUSION.
WHENEVER PROHITH ASKS FOR SOME ITEM IT WILL BE EASY FOR OTHERS TO TAKE AND GIVE THE ITEM, SINCE HOST WILL BE BUSY ON STAGE
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