[Advaita-l] शिष्टाचारः on keeping moustache (श्मश्रु)

[Venkata sriram P]

Nice to learn such diverse traditions across India among traditional brahmin families. 

Citing an example how diverse is the traditional customs :

In Godavari Delta of Andhra Pradesh, among konaseema dravidas (a sub-sect of brahmins), 
giving away of tray made of palm leaf by a sumangli to another sumangali is 'a-shubha'.  
A sumangali never takes the palm leaf tray from another lady because as per their custom, 
it should be given during death ceremonies / widows etc. It is ashubha in our family and 
my mother never takes palm leaf tray from another lady.

Whereas, in Rayalaseema region, a sumangali giving away palm leaf tray to another 
sumangali is considered 'shubha' (auspicious).  There is a vrata among them
where they give 108 trays to another sumangali.

rgs,
sriram




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On Fri, 24/5/19, Praveen R. Bhat <bhatpraveen at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] शिष्टाचारः on keeping moustache (श्मश्रु)
 To: "Venkata sriram P" <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>, "Advaita-l" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 Date: Friday, 24 May, 2019, 6:58 AM
 
 It has to be so
 as I've heard some in the North don't shave their
 moustache as long as their parents are alive, equivalent to
 shikha elsewhere.