नथ

thumb|nath pahane hue mahila aangoothi aur mangalasootr ke bad nath hiandoo dharm mean tisara mahattvapoorn pratik hai jisaka prachalan musalamanoan mean bhi hai lekin ab sambhavat: sabhi dharm mean isaka prayog hone laga hai. nath ke sanbandh mean kaha jata hai ki ise kanya ko sat phere se pahale pahanaya jata hai. muslim mean to ise anivary mana jata hai. nath ko kisi bhi dharmik utsav par suhagan dvara dharan kiya jata hai. is prakar nath ke sabandh mean pauranik manyata ke alava kuchh vaijnanik karan bhi hai. isase kanya mean khushabu ki kshamata badhati hai. nath ka prachalan uttar pradesh, madhy pradesh, rajasthan, panjab, pashchim bangal, jammoo aur kashmir mean dekha jata hai. jahaan ise kee nam se jana jata hai.

vibhinn nam

rajasthan-

yahaan ki nath kimati pathar ki bani hoti hai jise bhoriya kahate haian. doosara lang jo klobh ke akar ka hota hai tisara latakan jo moti ka bana hota jise nak ke bich mean pahanati hai.

uttar pradesh-

yahaan nath ko chuni ke nam se janate hai jo sone ki bani hoti hai aur usamean moti bhi lage hote haian.

panjab-

yahaan ise bulaknath kahate hai ya latakan momi bhi kahate haian. jo kafi lanbi aur aandakar hoti hai.

panne ki pragati avastha

adhar

prarambhik

madhyamik

poornata

shodh