This is generally done when the baby is two and a half years old, or three or five or seven years old. At first, homa is performed and ghee is poured into the fire. Prayers are offered to God. It is done by the father who is guided by the priest. Next the head-shaving ceremony takes place.
Water is taken in a bell-metal vessel and a few drops are sprinkled on the baby's head.
Then the father cuts off some hair from the left side of the baby's head. Then the barber takes over and shaves off the entire head of the baby. At the time of cutting the baby's hair, a few women from the neighborhood, who are invited form a circle around the baby. After the baby's hair is shaved off, the baby is bathed under a banana plant. The cut hair is mixed with fresh cow dung and is splatted on a wall.