Customs of Mizoram have conferred a unique identity to the social and cultural heritage of the state. Many of the customs have also been changed over time for the betterment of society. Of the many singular Indian customs the one can be named as the Kavadi-bearing, deserves notice. This custom of chewing pan supari is an equally important Hindu custom. Diksha is a ritual performed by the Hindus. Pashuyajna, a ritual of sacrifice of horse or animal. Darsapaurnamasa is one of the five great sacrificial ceremonies. Chaturmasya is a sacrifice made in every four months. Pradakshina is a method of salutation. Sapindana is an ancestral Sraddha, performed at the expiration of twelve months after the death of a person. Casting off the evil eye is a common Indian custom that helps in casting off the evil effects of the evil-eye. The Hindus offer a lot importance to yathra or pilgrimage. The rich and poor alike observe this custom in India. Motharappanam is one of the most important customs. From time immemorial fasting and Brahmanism are well connected with one another. Shat Tila Danam is an Indian ritual for the removal or expiation of sin. Lizard Chirping is considered auspicious according to Hindu belief. This creature is supposed to foretell the future by their hooting and chirping. This custom is very important which means to gift something to someone. Driving out evil out of a body is carried out in different means in different regions of the nation. Pancha Saradiya Sava is a sacrifice in the form of a festival, which is supposed to have held in ancient India. Sagri is a Sindhi marriage ritual which takes place after the engagement ceremony. Sagri follows the Navgrahi Puja. Of the many unique customs, Sakunam or Omen is an interesting one. Bhutayajna implies that the householder is expected to set apart a portion of his daily food for all the living creature Mahayajnas is a ritual of great sacrifice. Parvana-Sraddhas is described as the ancestral oblations, or the worship of progenitors, at certain lunar periods. Pattini Worship is the ritual where a chaste woman receives the status and honour of a man after developing complete loyalty and fidelity to her husband. The first-born child attains great importance in the Indian society. Prayaschita means Penance and is the ceremony of general cleansing or general expiation. Janiwara is the Brahmanical cord or thread with which children of Brahmans are invested. Bhagavatipaattu is the ritual of praising and appeasing goddess Kali, performed in most parts of Kerala. The custom of visiting people with presents is strictly adhered in India. Kodukku Neekkal is an important custom that is peculiar to the South Indian people. In the evenings, the bride and the bridegroom sit for nalangu, which is a popular. Naga pratishta means installation of snake images, which is an important occasion. Jyotishtoma is a great sacrifice, in which especially the juice of the soma plant is offered for obtaining heaven. Pancha-Pakshi Sastram is one amongst the many unique scientific treatises of the Hindus. This is an important customs of removing hair and offering it to god. Adoption in India was earlier a custom accepted for the benefit of the father and other religious reasons. Pakayajna is a sacrifice in which the food or the prasad is offered to one that may be made by a Siidra. Indian Religious Customs are the numerous accumulations of the various devout and pious customs related to the bouquet of the collective unconscious that is so named as Religion. Perantalu Worship is an offering to a pious woman after her death. However this worship is not that elaborate as compared to that of other deities. |