Preparations & Arrangements

The room where Naming Ceremony is to take place should be beautifully decorated. The child should be bathed fresh and should be well fed. The mother and father of the child also should wear new clothes. The child should be in the lap of the mother. The parents should sit facing east. The sitting positions should be as follows:

   
A decorated cradle is kept on the right side of the priest.

Following are the essentials for the ceremony

1. Wooden seats 3
2. Urn full of water, glasses2, spoons 2.
3. Kumkum, Haldi (turmeric power), garland 1, ornaments (anklets, bracelet), new clothes and nourishing food for the child and the mother.
4. Coconut, rice grains
5. Ghee, honey.
6. Gold ring
7. Sandal –wood paste
8. Collyrium
9. Sweets
10. Cradle