Pictures of an Ordaining Ceremony (Munji)

Boy Becomes Man

© K.L.Kamat/Kamat's Potpourri
Boy Becomes Man
Hindu Boy with Sacred Thread Carrying Water

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Boy Becomes Man

Pictures!
The Ladies Giving a Crash Course in Food Preparation to the UnderstudyThe Shaving of the Head RitualGoing, Going, Gone!
The Matru-Bhojana RitualYou are hereThe Understudy (Vatu) learns to eat rice on a banana leaf
Keeping track of GiftsThe priest advising about Vatus duties

Kamat's Potpourri The Timeless Theater Hinduism Potpourri Pictures of an Ordaining Ceremony (Munji) Hindu Boy with Sacred Thread Carrying Water