Our Family Traditions-Purudu(11th day after delivery)

First Tradition Purudu(11th day after delivery)

Procedure that I followed in USA: Day starts with first bath after delivery with turmeric powder ,basin and oil.My mother prepared Last mug of hot water with few drops of Eucalyptos oil,starting couple of days after delivary. I liked the smell of this water,after bath I slept for so many hours). Natural way taking of bath in india is adding Neem leaves & Zinda tlismath leaves and its believed that the water is going to be medicine rich. But here in US,Didn’t find any Once bath is over below procedure started in the early evenings. (Done by my mom, Kudos to her

Items/things needed

- Boiled rice - Spinach fry (Any Green Color) -Lots of Kumkum & Pasupu - Garlic/vellulu pods garlands - Handmade rice kundhulu + vathulu+ oil - Black thread - Kajal - New clothes for mother and baby

Procedure

- Tie the garlic garlands to hands and neck for both mother and baby. Garlic helps to produce milk for mother and baby to get rid of colds.

- Apply kumkum to mother and kajal for baby(forehead, under leg ). It helps to take out bad evil/bad eyes for baby and mother.

- Tie the black thread to hand/leg. In case if boy one more thread comes over on tummy ,its called molathadu.

- Make mother and baby sit in the middle of room facing east.

-keep boiled rice,green leaf curry and diya on four sides of the chair and one diya in middle.

- Take one tin apply haldi and kumkum and keep some coins.

-Cover the mother and baby with bed sheet.

- Ask maid( my mom did this becoz no maid is available) to make five rounds around the chair and singing names(preferably names of god/goddess/kuldev ) each time loudly.

- Once done my mom took all the stuff and left without turning back.

- Mother and baby should take bath and wear new clothes.

- Have a fun gala time.