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The Sacred Thread Ritual Analysis Summary of Ritual It could be called the Hindu Bar Mitzvah--the coming-of-age ceremony for a boy when his parents believe he is mature enough to learn our sacred scriptures. This ritual, known as the

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The Sacred Thread Ritual Analysis<br>
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Summary of Ritual It could be called the "Hindu Bar Mitzvah"--the coming-of-age ceremony for a boy when his parents believe he is mature enough to learn our sacred scriptures. This ritual, known as the Sacred Thread ceremony (the Upanayanam in Sanskrit), can take place during any odd-numbered year in a boy's life, usually when he is seven, nine, or 11 years old. There is a solemn religious rite that inducts the little boy into youth, followed by an exchange of gifts among family members, and finally a sumptuous feast.
The Gayathri Mantra is learnt--the supreme and most sacred of all Hindu mantras, which is the basis of all other mantras and the essence of the Vedas (a Hindu scripture).<br>
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The ceremony is held over a two- to three-day period, including the pre-event rituals. All rituals are primarily said in the Sanskrit language. The gods and the ancestral spirits are invoked to bless the boy before he receives the Sacred Thread. After receiving blessings from his parents and other elders in the family, and a few other rituals, he puts on the thread.
In the climax of the ceremony, called the Brahmopadesam, the boy’s father becomes his guru/teacher, and under the cover of a white cloth, called a veshti in southern India and dhoti in the north (and usually worn around a man’s waist), the father whispers the powerful Gayathri Mantra into his son's ears.<br>