Ritu Kala Samskaram

A Tamil Hindu girl (center) in 1870 wearing a half-saree, flowers and jewelry of her Ritu Kala Sanskara rite of passage.

Half sari function or Langa Voni Telugu: లంగా ఓణి, Pavadai Dhavani Tamil: பாவாடை தாவணி, Langa Davani Kannada: ಲಂಗ ದಾವಣಿ. In South Indian Hindu tradition, the Ritu Kala Samskara ceremony or Ritushuddhi is a ceremony performed when a girl wears a sari for the first time. It is the celebration of a girl's rite of passage after menarche (first menstruation) or period, and she is deemed a young woman both physically and spiritually.[1] Langa voni is traditional clothing for unmarried girls in South India.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Lene Jensen (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199948550, page 328

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