BRAHMOPADESHAM

On 19th April 2006 was a very auspicious day for the family. It was my son Taejusvin's Upanayanam or Thread ceremony. It is the day when a hindu brahmin boy comes of age and is initiated "Brahmacharyashram". This is the time when he is given the "Brahmopadesham" and from that day he starts wearing the Sacred Thread. The ceremony is almost like a wedding with lots of rituals. The initial pooja is followed by a head tonsuring ceremony. Then there is the "Matrubhojan" the last time when the boy will be hand fed by his mother.
Then the boy is brought by his uncle to the decorated pandal where amidst vedic chants the boy's father teaches him the sacred "Gayatri Mantra" in front of the sacred fire. From that day the boy will perform Sandhya vandan three times a day to invoke godess Gayatri's blessings through out his life.