Nowadays, parents are in a hurry to teach their children to read and write.
Sometimes parents can’t even wait for four and a half years. Just like one has to wait for the right age to teach a child to walk. One has to be patient to teach reading and writing.
Knowledge can be digested only at the right age. If not at the right age, indigestion can occur and hinder the mental and intellectual development of the child. That is why, according to the scriptures, the initiation ceremony should be performed only after the child is 4 years, 4 months and 4 days old.
Goddess of learning is Saraswati. All over India, the day of Vasant Panchami is celebrated as Saraswati Pujan. Saraswati, goddess of learning and art, appeared on that day. There is such a belief. So Vasant Panchami i.e. Maha Sud fifth is the best day to perform Vidyaramba Samskara. However, there are some special days in our tradition based on the position of the Nakshatras. For example, Shukal Panchami, Labh Panchami and Vijaya Dashami etc. are special days. But it should be remembered that initiation rites should be performed only after attaining the appropriate age.
Under this program, the parents of the children bring scriptures like Vedas, Upanishads, Gita, Ramayana, Bhagwat on their heads from the temple of Mahadev to the Vidyalaya, after which offerings are made in Vandana and Yajna.
After that, the mother and the child making sacrifices in the Yajna chant the mantra of “Shri Sarasvatye Namah” 108 times and for the welfare of the child, his attitude and activity for acquiring knowledge and to develop respect, faith and love for learning. chants the mantra.
As the mother is the child’s first guru, the child takes the blessings of the mother at her feet. After that the children are made to knead the letter ‘ૐૐ’ in the board. Then the child worships Saraswati, offers flowers and puts Yatha Shakti Dakshina in Kumbha.. After that the child touches the feet of the Acharya and after distribution of prasadavitra the program is completed.
Vidya is a very sacred element. That makes a person. Refines. That is why this ‘sanskar’ is performed considering the ‘Vidyaramb Sanskar’ as sacred.
Sometimes parents can’t even wait for four and a half years. Just like one has to wait for the right age to teach a child to walk. One has to be patient to teach reading and writing.
Knowledge can be digested only at the right age. If not at the right age, indigestion can occur and hinder the mental and intellectual development of the child. That is why, according to the scriptures, the initiation ceremony should be performed only after the child is 4 years, 4 months and 4 days old.
Goddess of learning is Saraswati. All over India, the day of Vasant Panchami is celebrated as Saraswati Pujan. Saraswati, goddess of learning and art, appeared on that day. There is such a belief. So Vasant Panchami i.e. Maha Sud fifth is the best day to perform Vidyaramba Samskara. However, there are some special days in our tradition based on the position of the Nakshatras. For example, Shukal Panchami, Labh Panchami and Vijaya Dashami etc. are special days. But it should be remembered that initiation rites should be performed only after attaining the appropriate age.
Under this program, the parents of the children bring scriptures like Vedas, Upanishads, Gita, Ramayana, Bhagwat on their heads from the temple of Mahadev to the Vidyalaya, after which offerings are made in Vandana and Yajna.
After that, the mother and the child making sacrifices in the Yajna chant the mantra of “Shri Sarasvatye Namah” 108 times and for the welfare of the child, his attitude and activity for acquiring knowledge and to develop respect, faith and love for learning. chants the mantra.
As the mother is the child’s first guru, the child takes the blessings of the mother at her feet. After that the children are made to knead the letter ‘ૐૐ’ in the board. Then the child worships Saraswati, offers flowers and puts Yatha Shakti Dakshina in Kumbha.. After that the child touches the feet of the Acharya and after distribution of prasadavitra the program is completed.
Vidya is a very sacred element. That makes a person. Refines. That is why this ‘sanskar’ is performed considering the ‘Vidyaramb Sanskar’ as sacred.
