Yagnopavit Sanskar or Upnayan Sanskar is performed to a boy who enters the age of 8. It makes a person fit to receive instruction in the Vedas and spread divine power throughout the world.

Key Insights:

• The boy attains the right to study Vedas through this sanskar.
• This allows a Brahman boy to enter into Brahmacharya Avastha.
• The three threads stand for Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva.
• Done on an auspicious date compatible with Nakshatra of the boy.