Janai Purnima is known as the Sacred Thread Festival. On this day Hindu men, especially the Brahmans and Chettris perform their annual change of Janai, a yellow cotton string worn across the chest or tied around the wrist of the right hand. This thread is only given to males during a lengthy and impressive religious ceremony called the Bratabandhan andThis is also the day when male, females, and children regardless of station and caste tie a sacred yellow thread around their wrist.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 06:19:38 +0000
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