Reel Name: Thread Changing Festival
Reel Notes: Thread Changing (Yajnopavitra) Festival of Tamil Brahmins
Date of Exposure: August 2001
Keywords: thread,  full moon,  

At the Annual Thread Changing Ceremony
	The Sashtang Namaskar Seeking blessing from an elder
The Believers at the Yajnopavita ceremony
	Declaring Religious Allegiance A Shaiva devotee with sacred ash on forehead
They are prohibited to wear shirts
	At the Annual Thread Changing Ceremony
Thread Changing Festival
	Brahmins at a Thread Changing Ceremony
Portrait of a Shaivite Brahmin
	At the Annual Thread Changing Ceremony
Preparing of the Banana Prasadam The Yajnopavita or thread changing ceremony, Bangalore, 2001

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