Munjya
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Munjya
text:
In Hindu and Jain traditions, the upanayana ceremony marks a boy's entry into formal education, involving the tying of a sacred thread around the torso and a girdle made of munja grass around the waist, typically at the age of seven. He is known as Munjya when he puts on the munja grass girdle. According to folklore in Maharashtra and the Konkan coast, Munjya is believed to be the ghosts of boys who died after this ceremony but before marriage, inhabiting peepal trees. Munjya's are described as
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Folk legend from Maharashtra, India
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munjya
date created:
2024-05-30T15:25:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T16:24:39Z
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