Mundan

The Mundan ceremony, or Chadakarana, is a Hindu rite, in which a child receives his/her first haircut. This sanskara is performed typically during the first or third year of age. In tradition, the hair from birth is associated with undesirable traits from past lives. Thus at the time of the mundan, the child is freshly shaven to signify freedom from the past and moving into the future. You can choose the Puja from the following list to be performed: