Significance & Spiritual Meaning
Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues
Significance & Spiritual Meaning
Avani Avittam, or Upakarma, is the day the sacred thread is changed and the study of the Vedas is begun anew.
Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues
It is kept by the men who wear the sacred thread, on Shravana Purnima (in the Avani month of the Tamil calendar). The day differs for the followers of the Rigveda, the Yajurveda and the Samaveda.
Key Rituals & Observance
Step-by-step sacred rituals and worship practices
- 1Step 1
A holy bath, a vow and a new sacred thread (yajnopavita).
- 2Step 2
Tarpana to the sages and the ancestors.
- 3Step 3
Recitation of the Veda and the Gayatri mantra.