Pictures of an Ordaining Ceremony (Munji)

The Upanayana Ceremony

© K.L.Kamat/Kamat's Potpourri
The Upanayana Ceremony
The priest advising about Vatu's duties

Table of Contents
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 RitualHindu Boy with Sacred Thread Carrying WaterThe Understudy (Vatu) learns to eat rice on a banana leaf
Keeping track of GiftsYou are here

Kamat's Potpourri The Timeless Theater Hinduism Potpourri Pictures of an Ordaining Ceremony (Munji) The priest advising about Vatus duties