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Hindu Rituals and Why
Everyday practices, temple worship, rites of passage and their attributed meanings, preserving regional differences.
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Why We Do That
Start with a question from everyday family life: a greeting, a meal, a name or a celebration. This shelf is a place to explore a custom while leaving room for families who do things differently.
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At Home With Dharma
Everyday things children see around the house.
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Greetings, Respect & Family
Namaste, touching feet, Kaki, Masi, Foi and Mami.
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Going to the Mandir
Shoes off, the bell, darshan, prasad, aarti.
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Series · 16
What We Wear
Tilak, bindi, sari, kurta, rakhi, mehndi.
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Why We Eat This
Prasad, fasting, modak, kheer, thepla for every journey.
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My Indian Name & My Identity
What my name means, two languages, two homes.
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Our Family
My very big Indian family.
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Why We Celebrate
Why our family actually does all these things.
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Weddings & Big Ceremonies
My first Indian wedding.
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When a Baby Arrives
Namkaran, annaprashan, mundan.
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Prayer, Mantras & Practices
The mala, Om, bhajan, seva.
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Big Ideas for Little Minds
Dharma, karma, ahimsa, seva, shanti.
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Nature Is Sacred
The cow, the Ganga, the peepal, and every deity's animal friend.
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Growing Up Indian Abroad
British AND Indian. Christmas AND Diwali.
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Ask Dadi
Aarav watches Dadi light the diya. One day he asks.
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Ask Dada
Wisdom, history and the big questions.
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Everyday practices, temple worship, rites of passage and their attributed meanings, preserving regional differences.
- History
- Scriptural prescriptions, living community customs and modern interpretations must be distinguished.
- Authenticity of our versions
- No single source covers all rituals. Each topic needs exact source and tradition; symbolic explanations are not scientific or medical claims.
- Source selection
- One primary original-language edition per work. Edition, completeness, competing recensions and exact-file terms must be compared before selection. Located references are candidates; no primary edition is certified yet.
14 whole-work / guide slots · sequence planned · source comparison pending
Source work → collection → book series → authored books. A slot is metadata, not a finished manuscript, a paid edition or a release.
Ritual topics · 14 works / topics
Everyday worship
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Namaste and respect
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Temple visit and darshan
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Puja and offerings
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Aarti and lamps
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Prasad and food
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Tilak and sacred marks
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Mantra and japa
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Sacred plants and rivers
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Samskaras and life stages
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Marriage traditions
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Festival rituals
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Fasting traditions
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
Ancestor remembrance
One evidenced topic series; books follow verified source packets and age selection.
Practices and explanations vary; regional and community attribution pending.
Primary source: selection pending. Book series: whole-work preparation slot. Books: no new storybook created by this plan.
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- Start with one episode
- Choose the question the child actually asked, then look for a published entry. Keep the conversation short enough for another question to fit.
- What to notice
- Say ‘in our family’ when sharing your own practice. A familiar custom should not become a claim about what every Indian family does.
- A question to share
- How does someone else in the family remember this? Let two memories sit together without choosing a winner.