Two girls, granddaughters of late green crusader judge Bhagabati Prasad Banerjee, have undergone a thread ceremony, departing from the tradition of only boys undertaking the ritual. The move has drawn ...
A family revisited a long-forgotten Vedic practice when they put their 8-yr-old daughter through the thread ceremony at the hands of women priests. MUMBAI: A family in Thane revisited a long-forgotten ...
The doula and birthing expert is expecting with her Coronation Street star husband Sam, who has played Chesney Brown in the soap since 2003. The couple are already parents to Sonny, three and Daisy, ...
In an effort to revive a tradition started by noted freedom-fighter Veer Savarkar, a group from Pune has started a campaign to endow non-Brahmin Hindus with the “munj" (sacred thread). The late ...
BENGALURU: A city-based couple, parents of twins- a boy and girl, have broken stereotypes by conducting an Upanayana (thread ceremony) for both their children. Advocate Kshama Nargund and her husband ...
An invite to a poite or sacred thread ceremony of a 16-year-old got me thinking. Would this poor chap manage to wear it through the muggy summers and muggier monsoons, no matter the blink-and-you-miss ...
CPI(M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan on Thursday criticised Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi for having participated in the “sacred thread” (poonool) ceremony for Dalits “organised by the RSS” on the ...