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Food is the most important ingredient of the matter that forms our body that hosts our life. Food gives us nutrition and energy that in turn ensures our sustenance. The child in womb derives its nutrition from the mother but once outside, it has to sustain on external sources of nutrition. '''Annaprāśaṇa''' ceremony was the first ceremonial phase when the substitute food was introduced to the child for the first time. '''Chudakaraṇa''' Saṁskāra is popular by the name of Muṅdana in present times and quite popular in most of the parts of India; this refers tonsure ceremony. It is also referred to as Caula or Kaula or even Kudakarana in some of the texts. It is one of the ceremonies which is performed with quite passion and enthusiasm. But mode of performing might differ with geographical variation in India. The ceremony of Chudakaraṇa is historically and culturally very important. More from the perspective of cleanliness and hygiene, the tonsure ceremony gained popularity and a religious as well cultural outlook was given to it. Boring the limbs has been tradition in the ancient societies of the world and it is preserved till date. In the civilized world the savages were distinguished with the multiple boring of the limbs and the organs. But the tradition also grew common in the civilized world when the boring of ears began of course in more sophisticated and refined way. It is historically tough to trace as to when this practice started but what can be opined about it is that it might have been for wearing ornaments that ears were bored, which was a common practice in ancient India was well among both men and women. '''Karṇavedha''' Saṁskāra, it had medical significance as well though it has yet to be researched. In present times the boring of ears has been restricted to females only with the purpose of wearing ornaments; only in few cases or in some traditional societies is it observed by males as well.

Food is the most important ingredient of the matter that forms our body that hosts our life. Food gives us nutrition and energy that in turn ensures our sustenance. The child in womb derives its nutrition from the mother but once outside, it has to sustain on external sources of nutrition. '''Annaprāśaṇa''' ceremony was the first ceremonial phase when the substitute food was introduced to the child for the first time. '''Chudakaraṇa''' Saṁskāra is popular by the name of Muṅdana in present times and quite popular in most of the parts of India; this refers tonsure ceremony. It is also referred to as Caula or Kaula or even Kudakarana in some of the texts. It is one of the ceremonies which is performed with quite passion and enthusiasm. But mode of performing might differ with geographical variation in India. The ceremony of Chudakaraṇa is historically and culturally very important. More from the perspective of cleanliness and hygiene, the tonsure ceremony gained popularity and a religious as well cultural outlook was given to it. Boring the limbs has been tradition in the ancient societies of the world and it is preserved till date. In the civilized world the savages were distinguished with the multiple boring of the limbs and the organs. But the tradition also grew common in the civilized world when the boring of ears began of course in more sophisticated and refined way. It is historically tough to trace as to when this practice started but what can be opined about it is that it might have been for wearing ornaments that ears were bored, which was a common practice in ancient India was well among both men and women. '''Karṇavedha''' Saṁskāra, it had medical significance as well though it has yet to be researched. In present times the boring of ears has been restricted to females only with the purpose of wearing ornaments; only in few cases or in some traditional societies is it observed by males as well.

 

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