Jātakarma

By Swami Harshananda

Jātakarma is the ritual performed immediately after the baby is born and before the umbilical cord is cut.

References

• The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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