Upanayanam
When a human being comes to outer world from mother’s womb, he is considered as another creature in this world. What makes him different from other creatures is the concept that he has higher intellectual thinking capacity which is found rarely in others. Human being can evolve this capacity to fulfill his spiritual and social desires. Nowadays you can see many ads which tell you to use their products to increase brain’s capacity. But you know that they are not going to help you. We have solution for this In sanatana dharma. Our rishis did find a unique spiritual way to evolve our intellectual capacity, which is called gayatri mantra. Chanting and meditating gayatri mantra has several uses which includes evolvement of spiritual and intellectual consciousness. To chant and meditate gayatri mantra, we need an authority. That authority gaining ceremony is called as Upanayan