10:00 AM
Morning havan
A short fire ritual with the pandit as both families gather around Aanya.
Aanya's Naming Day
Monday, 16 August 2027, 10:00 AM
The Kapoor Residence, Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Ritika and Dev invite you to bless their daughter as she receives her name.
Forty days after she arrived, Aanya receives her name the old way: a morning havan, her grandmother's whisper in her ear, rice grains and rose petals, and everyone she will ever call family in one garden.
290 mornings until we whisper her name
The morning, step by step
11:00 AM
The whispered name
Her bua whispers her name three times into her ear, and the family says it aloud for the first time.
11:30 AM
Blessings and rice
Elders bless Aanya with rice grains and rose petals, one lap at a time.
12:30 PM
Lunch on the lawn
A long family lunch under the gulmohar tree: puris, paneer, three kinds of mithai.
Finding the house
Parking is available at the residence gate. The house is fifteen minutes from Ville Parle station.
Open directionsWhat to wear
Soft festive. Pastels, cottons, and comfortable shoes for the lawn.
Gifts
Your blessings are more than enough. If you must bring something, bring a book she will read in ten years.
Come whisper with us
Tell us you'll be there for her first name-day.
The havan begins at 10:00 AM in the garden. Little ones are very welcome; there is a shaded play corner with an ayah on hand.
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