Navjote
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The navjote ceremony is the ritual through which an individual is inducted into the Zoroastrian religion and begins to wear the sedreh and kushti. The term navjote is used primarily by the Zoroastrian
Parsi navjote ceremony
Navjote ceremony - The priest guides the child in the tying of the Kushti
Upanayana
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Upanayana is a Hindu educational sacrament, one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage that marked the acceptance of a student by a preceptor, such as a guru or acharya, and an individual's
Navjote
…who is henceforth addressed as an osta (for males) or an osti (for females). This does not change unless the individual actually joins the priesthood. Upanayana, Hindu thread ceremony…
The Upanayana ceremony in progress in Nepal. Traditionally, this ritual was for 7, 9, and 11 year olds in South Asia, but is now practiced for all ages as seen above.
A boy from South India during his upanayana ritual. The thin, yellow yajnopavita thread runs from left shoulder to waist. Note the muñja grass girdle around the waist. The peepal tree twig in his right hand marks his entry into the Brahmacharya stage of life.
Upanayana Samskara in progress in West Bengal, India.
Bratopanayan in progress in an Odia household