Shaan’s Mundan Ceremony

Hindu Prarthana Samaj - 62 Fern Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 1K1.
 
January 21, 2018 @3PM

Event Details
In Hindu tradition, the hair from birth is associated with undesirable traits from past lives. Thus at the time of the mundan, the child is freshly shaven to signify freedom from the past and moving into the future. It is also said that the shaving of the hair stimulates proper growth of the brain and nerves, and that the sikha, a tuft at the crown of the head, protects the memory.
Collectively these are known as saṃskāras, meaning rites of purification, and are believed to make the body pure and fit for worship. A boy's first haircut, known as choula, is one such samskara and is considered an event of great auspiciousness.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_haircut

Shaan's Story

Shaan’s was born April 19, 2017, the same day as his parent’s 5-year wedding anniversary. Both parents strongly believe that Shaan was a gift from God.
Shaan is 9-months old and is growing well, but is currently battling a rare epilepsy condition, where he has multiple seizures a day. That does not stop him from having a great time with his parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts. Shaan enjoys his pacifier, he has many nicknames for it. He also doesn’t like being left out of conversations, not talking to him directly will result in a cry for attention…beware.
 
On this day, we are celebrating Shaan’s Mundan (his first hair cut) and we have many loved ones and well wishers joining us in Toronto. Shaan’s parents have made a contribution on behalf of all his well wishers. The fight against epilepsy continues and Shaan’s family hopes to bring awareness to the cause. Please donate online...

A special thanks to all Shaan’s well wishers who are joining us today.

The Sharma family would like to acknowledge the following families:

Kishan Sharma, Rakesh Aggarwal, Poojan Sharma, Rohit Aggarwal, Akaash Aggarwal, Dalip Kalia, Rakesh Kapila, Satish Sharma, Satish Kumar, Ravi and Neiha Mehta, Jay and Pam Pandit, Ramesh Rudra, Bharat Rudra, Anita Sharma, Rishi and Heenu Dhunna, Ashu Dutta, Puneet Dutta, Bimla Sharma, Sandeep, Sharma, Brij Sharma, Manjit Singh, Jatinder Shukla, Golcha Sharma, Matton and Hari Prasad, Pandit Shri Bhagwan Ji, Tarsem Gupta, Bineet Aggarwal, Rajan Gupta, Rajesh Prashar, Vijay Gupta, Vikaas Gupta, Raj Patel, Sudhershan Kumar, Neeraj Aggarwal, Nitesh Kumar, Ravinder Gupta, Raman Sareen, Rajesh Garg, Pawan Goyal, Sunil Gupta, Jatinder Gupta, Ravi Sharma, Dipak Patel, Dhruv Patel, Gaurav Kumar, Subhash Chander, Jasmail Sidhu, Mohini Sood, Madan Lal Bhuchar, Harjinder Bhaniwal, Anmol Hara, Narinder Bhakri, Saroj Sharma, Naresh Takkar, Ravi Handa, Mukesh Mehta, Ramesh Mehta, Pushpraj Mehta, Satpal Aery, Anil Aery, Vijay Sobti, Dalip Sarna, Kashmiri Lal, Satinder Panday, Saroj Sharma, Chamanlal Jagota, Prem Nath, Gurminder Singh, Sunny Syan, Amandeep Singh, Navraj Pannu, Sarbjeet Chagger, Manjinder Judge
Jasdeep Singh, Dhiren Patel, Amit Puri, Yogesh Kumar, Harpreet Singh, Sunil Sharma, Nalini Patel, Leona Paul