Upanayanam
This ceremony should be conducted counting eight years from conception or eight years from the birth of the son, for Brahmanas, on an auspicious day.
Otherwise, the ceremony should take place at least before the sixteenth year of the child has passed. According to the original rules, if there is more delay, the child is not entitled to undergo the ceremony and receive the sacred thread.
(According to some authorities, the brahmana child should take the thread between the ages of five and sixteen; the Kshatriya child should take the thread between the ages of six and twenty-two; the vaishya should take the thread between the ages of eight and twenty-four).
The ceremony should be performed by an authorized acarya.
On the morning of the Upanayanam ceremony, the acarya should take bath, perform worship of the Supreme Lord and the Brahmanas and then perform Homa
The child should be fed a little prasadam; he should be clean-shaved (with Shikha), bathed, decorated, and dressed in one piece of clean silk or cotton cloth.
Passing by the Northside of the fire, the child should sit on the right-hand side of the acarya, facing East.
The acarya should start by throwing ghee-soaked wood of Pradesha length into the fire silently.
Should perform Homa or Yajna
Otherwise, the ceremony should take place at least before the sixteenth year of the child has passed. According to the original rules, if there is more delay, the child is not entitled to undergo the ceremony and receive the sacred thread.
(According to some authorities, the brahmana child should take the thread between the ages of five and sixteen; the Kshatriya child should take the thread between the ages of six and twenty-two; the vaishya should take the thread between the ages of eight and twenty-four).
The ceremony should be performed by an authorized acarya.
On the morning of the Upanayanam ceremony, the acarya should take bath, perform worship of the Supreme Lord and the Brahmanas and then perform Homa
The child should be fed a little prasadam; he should be clean-shaved (with Shikha), bathed, decorated, and dressed in one piece of clean silk or cotton cloth.
Passing by the Northside of the fire, the child should sit on the right-hand side of the acarya, facing East.
The acarya should start by throwing ghee-soaked wood of Pradesha length into the fire silently.
Should perform Homa or Yajna
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