The two phases of life are extremely important for anyone – pregnancy period and early infancy. These phases are considered extremely sacred and sensitive also. In our Hindu tradition, it is believed that new born babies and pregnant women are more delicate and sensitive to the negative energies as they catch the evil eye or harmful energies very quickly. To stay protected, they need more comfortable environment, which is protective and free from negativity because they need more protection than a normal person so we must mentioned that Holi is approaching near and we must guide that how can you to stay protected from an evil eye. For that, you just need to scroll down the content and check the below mentioned guidelines, which you can follow and do things accordingly.
These are the below mentioned guidelines which pregnant women and infant should follow:
Wear amulets
This is very important and powerful way to stay protected from the evil eye or negative energies that you must wear the “Om” or “Hanuman” locket. These are the most powerful amulets, which you can wear and this will give you protection from the evil eye and black magic.
Stay inside
Holashtak days are considered very powerful and sensitive days. It is believed that during this period, negative energies are very high and one has to be protected and when we talk about the pregnant women and infants then they should stay home to stay protected. Exposure can harmful as people are more involved in black magic things during these days so better you stay inside your home and keep your infants inside.
Don’t eat sweet given by outsider
It often happens that during the time of festival people offer sweets, fruits and other eatable items to you so you must keep this in mind that eating that sweet or fruits can be really harmful for you because you don’t know the intentions of that person and for what purpose they are giving it to you so better avoid that no matter what.
Physical safeguard
Physical safeguards work as a powerful shield because keeping them near to you protects you from the evil energy and negativity. These safeguards can be keeping a knife under your pillow, keeping a mace on your side table and horseshoe under the pillow. This will keep the bad energies away from them.
Spiritual practices
You can stay protected by performing various spiritual and religious activities during these day. We all know that these days are very much powerful so you can just stay protected by chanting hanumna chalisa, bajrang baan, read ramacharitmana , read durga saptashati paath (if not fully then read kavach, argala and keelak). These recitations will give your protection against the negative energy.
Apply black tika
In our Hindu tradition, it is very common to place a black dot on the infant’s forehead or behind their ear as soon as the child is born to ward off negative energy.
Do not take your infant out
You should avoid taking your infant outside of the home because this can be risky for them as infant’s energies are very sensitive and bad energy get easily attracted towards them.
Limited visitors
Yes, this is something very important to know that you should limit meeting the people because different people have different energies and its not necessary that they have a good aura so better keep your child inside and under exposed.
Burn camphor and clove
You are advised to take 7 cloves and move it around your child’s head at least 7 times and then take one piece of camphor. Put these things in a bowl and burn them to remove negative energy and evil eye effect.
Use of Nazariya
Nazariya, a type of thread bracelet with black and white beads, is worn around the baby’s wrist in Hinduism and is believed to protect them from evil spirits, Nazar, or bad energy.
