Pictures of Hindu Ordaining Ceremony

First Online: November 27, 2000
Page Last Updated: November 16, 2024

Pictures of Upanayana Ceremony

• The Boy Becomes Man

• Going, Going, Gone!
• Hindu Boy with Sacred Thread Carrying Water
• Keeping track of Gifts
• The Ladies Giving a Crash Course in Food Preparation to the Understudy
• The Matru-Bhojana Ritual
• The priest advising about Vatu's duties
• The Shaving of the Head Ritual
• The Understudy (Vatu) learns to eat rice on a banana leaf

See Also:

• Pictures of  Upanayanam Ceremony

• An Introduction to Indian Culture at Kamat's Potpourri