What is Upanayanam
The word Upanayanam implies nearby, supplemental to the eye, or keeping one close by. Upanayanam is the eye of otherworldly information or the vision actuated by appropriate commencement into the Gayatri. The term Upanayanam is associated with the Vedic gurukula convention wherein the preceptor would keep his understudies close by so as to prepare them in Vedic ceremonies and give strict lessons. The Upanayanam is normally done by the acarya during youthfulness. Generally, a brahmana kid would get Upanayanam from the family master. Those not conceived in brahmana families didn't get it. There are three sorts of Brahmanas: 1) Dvijas—those started with Brahma-Gayatri yet without Vedic information; 2) Vipras—those started with Brahma-Gayatri who have considered the Vedic information; 3) Vaisnavas—those started with Brahma-Gayatri who have understood the reason (Vedanta) of Vedic information, to know and serve Lord Visnu or Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Of the...