Bagina is an offering of everything essential and dear to you. It is believed that you will be blessed with all the things that you desire by performing particular vratas/ vowed religious observance and giving bagina to women. When there are sufficient rains and the various dams are full, it is customary in South India to give bagina to the river goddess.
Materials Required:
2 Mora – The bamboo is split and woven into a tray, which is called as a Mora
1 Plantain leaf
2 Cups Raw Rice
1 Cup Togaribele/Split red gram
1 Cup Uddinabele/Split black gram
1 Cup Kadalebele/Bengal gram
1 Cup Godi/Wheat or Rava/Semolina
1 Cup Hesarubele/Green Gram
1 Square Jaggery
12 Glass Bangles
1 pair Bale Bichchole/Black small bangles with two black beads tied to it
1 box Kumkum/Vermilion colored powder
1 box Turmeric Powder
1 small Mirror
1 small Comb
1 Blouse Piece
1 Coconut
1 Fruit
2 Betel Leaves with Betel Nuts
Dakshine/Money
Method:
Put all the ingredients separately in zip lock bags. Clean the mora. Apply Arishina lines diagonally on the inside and outside of the mora. Keep a Kumkum dot in the middle where the two lines meet. Inside one mora spread the plantain leaf and arrange all the items neatly. Close the mora with the other mora in the opposite direction. While giving the bagina, keep a fruit over the bagina.
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Can a daughter can give her mother Mirada bagina plz tell
Yes, a daughter can give bagina to her mother. I have done it many times.
According to what my mother-in-law had told me, daughter can give bagina to her mother after marriage as she then belongs to a different family…but she cannot give to her mother-in-law. That is why before a wedding the bride gives bagina to her mother-in-law because after the wedding she cannot give
Thanks for the detailed description, Viji. Thank you so much. Many readers will benefit from this note.
Can i give bagina to my elder sister as i cannot give to my mother as father is no more
Sure.
Have a great festival.
Should we give 5 baginas every year for 1st 5 years of marriage?
How many bagina to be given after 2nd year of marriage
Not so sure, Tejaswini. I might have given to a maximum of two to three people.
I don’t think there is a hard and fast rule on the number of baginas to be given.
Yes bagina can be given any time, any place which ever suits you and more things can be added as per your interest and concern.
Minimum five lady to be given bagina, above it number can be 8 representing ashta Lakshmi, 9 nava vidya swaroop of Adi para sakthi, 16 shodasha lakshmi.