Description

Yagnopavit puja is a Hindu ceremony performed to initiate young boys into the study of the Vedas. The boy is given the sacred thread, which has three strands representing the three Vedas, the three gunas (qualities) and the three debts (to the gods, sages and ancestors). The thread is worn over the left shoulder and under the right arm. This ceremony essentially has lot of meanings, one of them symbolises that the boy is now ready to learn the holy vedas, also known as JANEU Ceremony or UPNAYANA Ceremony.

Here the Brahmins are also referred as DWIJA , meaning SECOND . This Janeu wearing ceremony is referred to as the second birth of a Brahmin . This ceremony is also termed as an Initiation ceremony , to enter a vedic Patshala (school) . It is a ceremony in which a Guru (teacher) accepts the native as a disciple and guides the native through different spheres of life .

UPNAYANA also means ‘Near to the eye ‘ or ‘ enlightenment ‘. The native is put on the path of enlightenment by the Guru ( Teacher ) .The child is generally initiated with the Gayatri Mantra , which is whispered in the Child’s ear .