Good. Do you have a picture of your Kuladeivam(Muneeswarar) at your house? If available it is good. If not, do not worry. Any God's picture will suffice. I am sure your child has completed one year. In that case, on an auspicious day (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) yourself, your wife and other elders in the family take a bath. Choose a time excluding Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Kuligai. Ask the maternal uncle of the child to sit facing the East and keep the Child in his lap tightly. if no uncle is available, yourself or your father can keep the child in the lap.Pray to Lord Muneeswaran, that as a gratitude for giving you the child and as per family custom, you are offering the Child,s hair.And pray to him to bestow his blessings on the child. Let the child grow with all positives and good health. Then perform tonsuring. After tonsuring, give the child a bath and apply sandalwood paste on his head (to soothe the burning feeling), apply Vibhuthi and Kumkum on his forehead, dress him in new cloths, garland him. Let the Maternal Uncle or whoever held the child in the lap also take bath, wear fresh clothes, wear Vibhuthi and kumkum on the forehead and carry the child on his shoulder and bring him into the house. Yourself and your wife offer flowers to Lord and prostrate before his picture along with the child. This much you can perform in SA.
Vaazhga, Valarga, Valamudan Irukka.
R.Ramaswami
Vaazhga, Valarga, Valamudan Irukka.
R.Ramaswami