Brahmins didn’t always wear the sacred thread. They adopted it at the start of the Common Era. Story by Patrick Olivelle • 1mo. T here is a saying that goes: In life, familiarity breeds contempt.

Brahmin associations of Shivamogga on Monday took out a silent march in the city, condemning recent incidents in which Brahmin students were allegedly forced to remove the ‘sacred thread ...

Brahmin boy ‘threatened, sacred thread torn’ in Tamil Nadu, ... Akhilesh, at around 4.30 pm Saturday, tore his sacred thread and warned him never to wear it again. ...

Shivamogga, April 19 (IANS) A police complaint has been filed against an officer attached to the Education Department on Saturday for allegedly denyi ...

Members of the Brahmin community staged a protest outside a NEET exam centre here, demanding accountability after some students of the community were asked to remove their "sacred thread" (Janivara) ...

A Brahmin student forced to cut sacred thread during CET in Dharwad, sparking outrage and calls for change. May 31, 2025 e-Paper. LOGIN Account. eBooks Subscribe GIFT FRONT PAGE.

Bengaluru, April 26 (IANS) The Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Mahasangh filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Karnataka High Court on Saturday, ...

Sacred thread row deepens as more Brahmin students allege humiliation at CET centres Three Brahmin students alleged that they were either denied entry into the exam hall or had their sacred thread cut ...

Members of the Brahmin community held a protest outside a NEET exam centre in Karnataka's Kalaburagi on Sunday, after some students were allegedly asked to remove their sacred thread (Janivara ...

Row erupts over removal of NEET candidate’s sacred thread. Advocate Raghvendra Kulkarni, speaking at the protest, said, “He had come to appear for the NEET exam here at St. Mary’s College in ...

Men adorned with a Janai or sacred thread, which is a yellow cotton string worn across the chest or tied around the wrist of the right hand, pray during the Janai Purnima Festival.