ceremony that includes rituals involving the family, the child, and the teacher. The ceremony is a rite of passage for the start of formal education in reading, writing, arithmetic, Vedangas, arts, and other skills.

Eligibility criteria

Many medieval-era texts discuss the sacred thread ceremony in the context of only three varnas (caste, class): Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas. In the modern

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