This cord is called brahmasutra, yajnopavita, or simply upavita. Wearing the sacred thread is the visible mark of a Brahmin. So, it may come as a surprise that early descriptions of this ritual do ...
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DEHRADUN: The Brahmin community in Dehradun has strongly ... established anywhere in the country under the names of the four sacred shrines: Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri." ...