Samashti Upanayanam

Rathna Charitable Trust organizes Samashti Upanayanam to Brahmin boys once a year. "Upanayanam" the sacred thread ceremony performed to mark the point at which children begin their formal education in the Vedic tradition.  Upanayanam is traditionally seen as getting a new birth in the spiritual world towards the higher knowledge of the Self.  It is an initiation process in learning the sacred mantras according to Vedic style.  Upanayanam is completed with the wearing of the Yagno Pavitam "sacred thread" on the body.  During Upanayanam the sacred Gayathri Mantra is imparted to the Brahmachari as it is considered as the greatest of all upadesha and is called brahamopadesam.