5 Lesser Known ‘First Period Rituals’ From Different Parts Of India

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4. Kerala- For the first three days of menstruation, the girl has to remain in isolation. She is kept in a separate chamber lit by only an oil vessel.


n front of the oil lamp, a bunch of coconut flowers would be placed inside a bronze vessel filled with water. The belief behind this is that the girl would have as many children as there were tender coconuts on the bunch of flowers.