Vidyarambham

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Vidyarambham is a tradition observed on Vijayadashami day mainly in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and coastal Karnataka, where children are formally introduced to learning of music, dance, languages and other folk arts. It involves a ceremony of initiation into the characters of the syllabary.

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Benefits:

• As part of Hindu Dharma, a person born as a hindu has to undergo 16 Samkaras and Vidyarambham is one of the 16 Samskaras.

• As part of the Vidyarambham ceremony, three letters that symbolize the name of God are written on the tongue of the child with a golden ring. The child is also made to form letters in a plate of rice with the help of elders.

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Pooja Items Required

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