I always liked the tradition of celebrating Life!
What more joy can life give you than a celebration to welcome a new life into the world, our family, to our lives and hearts? Blessed I am to be with the most caring parents, a loving sister, concerned brother in law, lovely nephew and a second mother - my wife!
My love also goes to all the true relatives and friends who have been a part of this wonderful life.
My baby completed five months in the warmth of its Mothers belly and as is the tradition, we celebrated the occasion through the Srimantha. Friends and Family gathered to shower wishes and blessings for the two of them.
A little research on the tradition: The word Seemantham refers to a parting of the hair just above the eyebrow where the Goddess of Wealth, Sri Mahalakshmi, resides. This leads to the practice of applying kumkum to the parting in order to propitiate the Goddess Sri Lakshmi such that when a woman delivers a child, she is considered the embodiment of the Goddess Lakshmi herself.
From the day of formation in its mother's womb, a child grows in different stages, each with a stipulated time frame. Accordingly, although brain formation takes much earlier, memory cells are said to start activating on the completion of seven months of pregnancy. Thereafter, the unborn child can record sounds and vibrations from its surroundings.
In order to format the brain in an optimal condition, Vedic tradition calls for the recitals of relics and verses known as Udhagasanthi or Uthakashanthi Japam in a soft but powerful mantra recital that lasts for about an hour and a half. On completion of this japam (recitals), the pregnant woman is bathed in cold holy water, without the addition of any warm or hot water. This takes places even as late in the evening whereupon the child in the womb shakes and jerks from the stimulation of the cold water.
The specific function of japam is to give a solid state of mind in preparation for the child's birth through a positive vibration from the recited Mantras that provides sufficient strength to the child in the womb, and creates an atmosphere conducive to the earthly possessives on his or her birth.
Each Vedic mantra is designed for a specific stimulation, so that its phonetic vibration attains its fullest value. Udhakasanthi Japam gives confidence to the pregnant women and also increases her mental strength, with supportive gathering members blessing the child and mother for a normal delivery.
The essence of the Vedic tradition brings relation to reality and though I don't understand much, I do believe and have faith that a monkey could fly across an ocean.
What more joy can life give you than a celebration to welcome a new life into the world, our family, to our lives and hearts? Blessed I am to be with the most caring parents, a loving sister, concerned brother in law, lovely nephew and a second mother - my wife!
My love also goes to all the true relatives and friends who have been a part of this wonderful life.
My baby completed five months in the warmth of its Mothers belly and as is the tradition, we celebrated the occasion through the Srimantha. Friends and Family gathered to shower wishes and blessings for the two of them.
A little research on the tradition: The word Seemantham refers to a parting of the hair just above the eyebrow where the Goddess of Wealth, Sri Mahalakshmi, resides. This leads to the practice of applying kumkum to the parting in order to propitiate the Goddess Sri Lakshmi such that when a woman delivers a child, she is considered the embodiment of the Goddess Lakshmi herself.
From the day of formation in its mother's womb, a child grows in different stages, each with a stipulated time frame. Accordingly, although brain formation takes much earlier, memory cells are said to start activating on the completion of seven months of pregnancy. Thereafter, the unborn child can record sounds and vibrations from its surroundings.
In order to format the brain in an optimal condition, Vedic tradition calls for the recitals of relics and verses known as Udhagasanthi or Uthakashanthi Japam in a soft but powerful mantra recital that lasts for about an hour and a half. On completion of this japam (recitals), the pregnant woman is bathed in cold holy water, without the addition of any warm or hot water. This takes places even as late in the evening whereupon the child in the womb shakes and jerks from the stimulation of the cold water.
The specific function of japam is to give a solid state of mind in preparation for the child's birth through a positive vibration from the recited Mantras that provides sufficient strength to the child in the womb, and creates an atmosphere conducive to the earthly possessives on his or her birth.
Each Vedic mantra is designed for a specific stimulation, so that its phonetic vibration attains its fullest value. Udhakasanthi Japam gives confidence to the pregnant women and also increases her mental strength, with supportive gathering members blessing the child and mother for a normal delivery.
The essence of the Vedic tradition brings relation to reality and though I don't understand much, I do believe and have faith that a monkey could fly across an ocean.
