Mundan ceremony is an auspicious occasion for child, parents and family members. It should be celebrated with all the rituals, songs, decorations, food etc. We have written detailed steps to organize perfect Mundan ceremony.
1. Choose Date and Venue
The first step to organize the mundan ceremony is to finalize the date of Mundan. You should consult a priest to organize Mundan ceremony on an auspicious date.
After date you should choose the venue to organize the ceremony. You can organize the ceremony at home, banquet hall, local community hall etc. The important thing to keep in mind while booking the venue is the number of guests you are going to invite to the mundan. If you are inviting many relatives an friends then you should book a larger venue.
2. Decorations at ceremony
The decoration of the venue is very important. You can try innovative ideas to decorate the venue to make mundan ceremony unique. Example – for mundan ceremony of boy you can have blue theme decorations or for mundan ceremony of girl you have pink theme.
3. Create Guest List
Now you need to create a guest list. You can only invite close family members or you can invite all your relatives, friends, neighbors and colleagues to the ceremony depending on the budget.
4. Create and send Invitations
You should send the mundan invitations to your guests timely so that they can plan to reach the ceremony on time. You can choose to send between digital invitation or paper invitation.
You should send digital Mundan invitations because they are cost effective, environment friendly and instantly deliverable. You can send the invite online through WhatsApp, Facebook, email etc.
5. Hire Professional for Hair Cutting
Child has soft and delicate skin, so your should hire a professional for cutting the hair of child. Children usually fear from hair cutting, but A good barber can make the hair cutting enjoyable.
6. Consult Priest and Collect all items for rituals
You should invite priest to perform the mundan ceremony and consult him for all the items required for the rituals to be performed during the ceremony. He will give you a list of items, collect these items so before the ceremony so that there is no rush on the day of mundan.
7. Plan menu for food and snacks
You can offer lunch, dinner, breakfast or high tea to your guests during mundan ceremony function. You should decide menu items that will be loved by all. Keeping variety of food and snacks is recommended, so that guests from all age groups can enjoy the food.
For deciding a good menu you should plan for drinks, dessert, vegetables, fruits, dishes etc. You should hire a good caterer for serving food in ceremony.
The above are the steps that can be followed to organize a mundan ceremony smoothly without any stress.