Naamkaran Puja

KNOW NAMKARAN PUJA

Namakarana is the ceremony of naming a baby, and it’s celebrated grandly so that baby gets all the blessings for a healthy life.

IMPORTANCE OF NAMKARAN PUJA

Namkaran Puja is one of the significant festivals – performed for the infant – performed to officially keep the youngster's name according to the beginning expression of the name – recommended by experienced Pandits. 

Name is kept on the Nakshatra of the infant – a custom of giving Samskaras to the youngster – viewed as significant in forming the character and childhood of a kid. It is one of the significant kinds of Puja – performed on the eleventh Day of Child's Birth. It very well may be done following three months or the infant's first birthday celebration. Namkaran Puja begins with Gauri Ganesh Puja, Kalash Puja, Navgraha Puja, Punyaha Vachanam and distinctive different ceremonies. Namkaran is finished with the reciting of Mantras and Havan for Graha Shant

DESCRIPTION

Namakarana is the ceremony of naming a baby. Nama means ‘name’ and Karana means ‘to make or to create’. This ceremony is performed to choose and name a newborn, using astrology and traditional methods of naming. This ceremony is done to make the lovable bond between all family members and the baby, this ceremony takes place after the 10 days of delivery as a period before that is considered to be an impure stage.

The babies name is chosen in such a way that it should contain a specified number of syllables and vowels and it should be easy to pronounce and feel pleasant to sound, indicate the sex, signify fame, wealth, or power. The ceremony is performed by whispering the name of a baby in the right ear and different mantras are chanted for the well being of the baby.