Pictures of an Ordaining Ceremony (Munji)

New Monk Eating Rice on a Leaf

© K.L.Kamat/Kamat's Potpourri
New Monk Eating Rice on a Leaf
The Understudy (Vatu) learns to eat rice on a banana leaf

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Boy Becomes Man

Pictures!
The Ladies Giving a Crash Course in Food Preparation to the UnderstudyThe Shaving of the Head RitualGoing, Going, Gone!
The Matru-Bhojana RitualHindu Boy with Sacred Thread Carrying WaterYou are here
Keeping track of GiftsThe priest advising about Vatus duties

Kamat's Potpourri The Timeless Theater Hinduism Potpourri Pictures of an Ordaining Ceremony (Munji) The Understudy (Vatu) learns to eat rice on a banana leaf