Naming ceremony and baby invitation videos

The naming ceremony goes by many names across India — namkaran in the north, barasala or naamkarana in the south, a cradle ceremony in many families — and is typically held between the eleventh and the twenty-first day after the birth, though families frequently hold it later to let relatives travel. The invitation carries something no other card does: it is where most of the guest list learns the baby’s name.

Related functions use the same designs. The godh bharai or valaikappu is the baby shower held before the birth; the annaprashan or choroonu marks the first solid food at around six months. Each has its own ritual and its own timing, and each is named on the card as the family names it.

Where the ceremony includes a puja before the lunch, put both on the invitation with their own times — relatives will come for the puja, friends often for the meal.