The auspicious timings for the thread ceremony, or Rakhi, are a vital aspect of this festival. Here are the details for the shubh muhurat, mantras, and rituals to ensure a spiritually fulfilling ...

All they need to do now is to log on to www.traditionalwisdom.in, and they can find a guru to chant the right mantras ... required for the ceremony, including the sacred thread, at the time ...

The 16-year-old, for whose thread ceremony all of us had been invited ... At last check, he was reciting the Gayatri Mantra and following all other rituals quite religiously. India’s TV warriors went ...

Both sisters now wear the thread and chant Gayatri Mantra every day ... But now that I have been through the ceremony, I feel empowered,” said Atashi, a student of humanities who wants ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The Sacred Thread ceremony is a ceremony for boys in some Hindu communities to confirm they are of an age to take on ...

BENGALURU: A city-based couple, parents of twins- a boy and girl, have broken stereotypes by conducting an Upanayana (thread ceremony ... preached the Gayathri Mantra to them.