Choroonu is the first rice eating ceremony of a child in kerala and it is performed in the sixth month of the birth of the baby. Choroonu is the malayalam term used by malayalis in Kerala to refer to the first rice feeding ceremony of the baby. Choru means rice in english and unnuka means to eat. Here is a brief description on how to perform or do the first rice eating ceremony in Kerala hindu style.

• Child's father or grandfather performs the ceremony.The baby is dressed in a kasavu mundu .
• the person performing the ceremony sits in the traditional wooden seat or on the ground.
• The person should sit facing east.
• A lamp is lighted and kept.
• Food prepared for the day is served in a plantain leaf. It is plain kerala rice that is served along with a traditional curry and a sweet (payasam).
• The person performing the ceremony then takes the child in the lap.
• The food for the child is kept on the right side of the person performing the ceremony on a plantain leaf.
• The person then gives small quantity of cooked rice and other items to the child.

Others in the family repeat the same.
choroonu ceremony is now complete.
annaprashan is a sanskrit term, which literally means "grain initiation".Annaprashan is mainly done at home or at a temple. In Kerala, many parents prefer to perform the ceremony at Guruvayoor, a famous hindu temple.
Annaprashan is mainly done at home or at a temple. In Kerala, many parents prefer to perform the ceremony at Guruvayoor, a famous Hindu Temple.
As this is the first rice-giving ceremony of a child conducted before the lord Guruvayurappa. All the items including cooked rice, payasam (sweet preparation of rice and jaggery; rice, sugar & milk) plantain etc. are placed on a banana leaf and the children are having each of these. These are the procedures for choroonu in Guruvayoor temple.
Guruvayoor temple choroonu timing starts daily at 5 a.m till 1 p.m and also in the evening. The choroonu for kids will not be conducted on ekadasi and every vavu night.
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