Students who learn Vedas in patasaalas start learning Vedas on the Full Moon day of Shravana month every year. The same day also marks the day to perform Upaakarma (meaning, what one has to do prior ...

Members of the Brahmin community here celebrated Avani Avittam on Saturday by performing various rituals. The ceremonies connected with the celebrations are held on the banks of a pond or a river. In ...

Chennai: Avani Avittam, an important ritual associated with the Brahmins, marking the changing of the sacred threads, annually, appears to go high tech. From relying on tabs for the e-text format to ...

As events, classes and meetings move online, religious ceremonies aren’t left behind. The sacred thread ritual conducted on Avani Avittam day at small temples, mutts and marriage halls across the city ...