The children are made to write at first on a plate of rice and then the person who initiates the child to write also scribbles letters on the child’s tongue using a gold ring or coin. This symbolically represents the initiation of writing and speaking.
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HINDI, MARATHI, GUJARATI, TAMIL, TELUGU, BENGALI, KANNADA, ORIYA, PUNJABI, URDU, MALAYALAM
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