Annaprashan:

Annaprashan , also known as annaprashan vidhi, annaprasan, or Anna-prasanam is a Hindu rite-of-passage ritual that marks an infant’s first intake of food other than milk. The term annaprashan literally means “food feeding” or “eating of food”. Annaprashan ceremony, also known as the First Rice Eating Ceremony, is a Hindu tradition where a baby is fed solid food for the first time. The ceremony typically involves offering prayers to the gods, and the baby is then fed rice or other solid food. Annaprashana is a ceremony that marks an infant's first intake of food other than milk, usually rice or kheer. It is a puja followed by the rice feeding, and it varies in different regions and cultures of Hinduism. The Annaprashan ceremony marks the day when babies take their first solid food , usually rice. It is a formal occasion with tradition and culture behind it, where the family and relatives offer blessings of good health and well-being for the child.