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 Boy Becomes Man Hindu Boy with Sacred Thread Carrying Water