A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past.
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Why do Hindus shave a baby's head (first hair cut)?
Why is it that people shave babies' head, be it a boy or girl, when they go for the baby's first haircut? According to my sub religion i.e. Vaishnav (Gujarati), we call it as a Mundan (Head shaving ceremony).
This is done after a specific period of…
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Can a chillum consider as bad habit of the sadhus?
This post is a specialization of Does lord Shiva smoke Chillum?
Does most of the sadhus smoke Chillum or just a few of them?
Does the proportion of consumers increases (among the sadhus)?
Is "too much smoking Chillum" (as some sadhus seem do)…
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Who serves the young in a family?
Stories like the Ramayana and Mahabharata show people serving their elders such as brothers, parents or grandparents by:
Pressing their elders' legs while they are sleeping.
Guarding them while they are sleeping.
Serving food and doing other things…
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How to know the traditions to follow for events?
How do we know about any important traditions to follow during a marriage or vrata or festival etc.
What are all the items required, how to follow the process, what are good days to do it etc.
Earlier parents used to remember the things but now a…
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VASTU for newly constructed flat
can we keep 7 doors for eight entrances at newly constructed house.
we constructed a new house. there it has eight entrances...one main entrance, two for bed rooms ,two for bath rooms, one balcony and one for kitchen wash area.
my doubt is we have…
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What is Janeu (Upnayan Sanskar)? What is the importance of it?
We believe that every religious tradition behind a scientific reason. What is the scientific reason behind this?
Why people of some caste wear it? I have asked some my Brahmin friends, they told me that this is a part of an education and it's a…
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Plant and Vegetable kept against drishti dosham at house entrances
Aloe Vera and Ash gourd are sometimes suspended at the house entrance during Grihapravesam ceremonies in some parts of India. ls there any spiritual basis or early references for such tradition/ practice?
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