2020年8月3日 · Janai, often translated as a sacred thread, is a thread that has a high religious and cultural significance among the Hindu boys and men. According to religious texts and people who have studied it, men from Bhramin, Kshetriya and Vaishya varna (hierarchical group) receive the honour of wearing a janai during a ritual called Bratabandha ...

2014年6月25日 · What does the Sacred Thread signify? The Janeu or yajñopavītam symbolizes the ability of the wearer to perform Sandhyavandanam and recite the Gayatri Mantra. There is a variation in the thread count of yajñopavītam. Bachelors wear a single thread, married men wear 2, and married men with children wear 3. Each thread contains 3 strands as well.

2022年8月12日 · The wearer of the holy thread called Janai takes a bath in the nearest river or pond early in the morning and changes with the one given by their priest. Devotees also tie a sacred thread around their wrist on this day, which they …

2015年3月17日 · The sacred thread, also known as the Janai, is given to Hindu men in a religious ritual when they come of age. The cord, worn around the chest, is changed every year at the Janai Purnima...

Janai is a sacred thread made of cotton worn across the chest by Hindu men, especially Brahmin and Chhetri. They change this sacred thread after taking a bath in the holy river of Bagmati or Vishnumati or nearby rivers. This thread is only worn by males who have performed a religious ceremony called Bratabandhan.

2022年1月14日 · In that ancient Indian tradition, men of the Brahmin, Kshatriya, and Vaishya castes, commonly wear a “sacred” thread (or janeu)—which they wear over their left shoulder and across to their right...

A janai is comprised of loose, hand-woven cotton threads braided together and held together by a knot. The common English term ‘sacred thread’ is because threads are all it is, and sacred because it is worn after an elaborate investiture ceremony with archaic rituals typical to Hinduism.

2024年8月19日 · The Yajnopavita Mantra, also known as the Janai Mantra, is specifically chanted during the ceremony of changing the sacred thread (Janai). This mantra underscores the sacredness of the Janai and its role in the spiritual life of a Hindu.

Janai Purnima, the thread festival, falls on the full moon day in the month of Bhadra (August/ September) and is celebrated with great gusto, devotion, and splendor by Hindus all over the country. A Janai is a sacred thread and Purnima is a full moon day, hence, Janai Purnima points to the change of the thread on the auspicious full moon day.

2024年8月19日 · Celebrate Janai Purnima in Nepal, a Hindu festival of spiritual renewal, where men renew sacred threads and tie protective Doro for purity, protection, and devotion.