UPANAYANAM BRAHMOPADESAM. serial no.1 (1) Anuggai.2. ganapathy pooja..3.ganapathy yathasthanam sankalpam. 4 kalasa sthapanam varuna pooja. 5. udhaka santhi japam. 6 punyahavachanam. 7 gr ahapreethy. 8 nandhi sratham 9 anna prasnam (if not done earlier) 10. raksha ban danam. 11. Angurarpanam. 12. chowla homam. 13. chola dig bhavanam. 14. new yagyo pavedam. 15. kumara bojanam. hair cutting. 16. samith 17. Ammi. 18 Vasthram. 19 Mounjee. 20. deer skin. 21 Prokshanam. 22 Hastha grahanam. 23. parirakshanam. 24 . homam. 25 guru upadesam. 26 Upanayana sankalpam. 27 Upanayana anuggai. 28 Grah a preethy. 29 Paatha prakshalanam. Brahmopadesam. 31. Palasa dhanda dharanam. 32 . Surya darsanam. 33. Samidha dhaanam. 34. Guru sishya samvaadham. 35 Biksha sar anam. 36 Pranava sradha medha pooja. 37 Palasa homam. 38 Guru dhakshina. 39 AAsi rvaadam. 40. Haarathy. Anuggai= Permission, Vigneswara pooja. Udhaka shanthy. Requirements for upanayan a poorvangam. Turmeric powder 100 gram; kumkumam 50 gram; sandal powder 10 gram; thodutha pushpam 5 metre. coconut,4; Plantain fruit 25. betel 100 nos; betel nu t 100 gram; pakku potlam and seeval 100 gram; mango leaf bunches 8 nos; haaram 1 ; plantain leaf 8; wheat 2kilo; raw rice 2 kilo; black gram 500 grams; black ell u 200 gram; Brass kudam 1; for udhaka shanthi; one brass sombu for prathisaram and punyahava achanam; pancha pathra uthirini; Thambalam/ Tray 4 nos; kinnam or pakku mattai k innam 12 nos; mud paligai 5 nos; Paddy; black ellu; green gram and Black gram an d kadugu each 20 gram as paaligai saman. cow's milk 250 ml; On the brahmopadesam day; Haaram 1; thodutha pushpam 4 metre; coconut 10;Plantai n fruits 50; betels 100 nos; betel nuts and and paaku potlam 100 gram; scented c hunnam 1 bottle; wheat 2 kilo; raw rice 2 kilo; plantain leaf 4 nos; deeksha vas thram 9x5 one no.; jaggary; curd; honey; kadugu; rice flower each 20 grams; Havi s 100 gram; Ghee 500 gram; Knief 1; Dhothy for kumara bojanam 2 metre 2 nos; Amm i 1; deer skin small piece; Brahmopadesa pattu 1 no; bitchai raw rice 5 kilo; coconut 2; silver and gold poonal each 1; pancha pathra uthirini; plate or some contain er to give bikshai; pakku matai plates and kinnam; 12 nos; visiri; sundal and ap pam for neivedhyam..no.10 nool kandu 1; Draw kolam in a cleaned place spread wheat and over it plantain leaf and over it raw rice and over it brass kudam duly filled in scented water (elakai; krambu, pachai kalpooram and vetti ver and a drop of ghee and silver and gold ornaments, outside of the brass kudam decorate with no.10 nool and apply sandal paste and kumkumam and place a turmeric pasted coconut on mango leaf bunch along with dhar bhai koorcham Haaram and kumba vasthram in one metre length; and in brass sombu pour water and decorate it with sandal paste mango leaf bunch turmeric paste added coconut wit h koorcham for punya havachanam. 6 sastrigals are required for doing japam of va riuos manthras . It will take 3 to 4 hours for them to finish chanting manthras and also they will chant punyahavachanam manthras. This water will be poured on the child who is going to wear poonal the next day. Then Nandhi : 10 sastrigals are required for nandhi. No prachinavedham no ellu ; plantain leaves 10 nos; raw rice 5 kilo; paruppu 1 kilo; valaikai 10 nos 9x5 co tton dhothy 10 nos; optional; dhhakshinai; Homam is also there for nandhi; but n ow a days nobody is doing homam; meals for them. pancha pathira uthirini in copp er 10 nos. for them optional;coconut 10 nos; thamboolam and fruits optional. Prathisara bandham= raksha bandanam.IN brass sombu decorated with sandal paste a nd kumkumam, mango leaf bunch; koorcham and turmeric pasted coconut place it ove r rice varunan aavaahanam pooja, In the north side of the kalasam place some raw
rice and place a turmeric pasted nool with sandal paste and with flower. sastri gal then chant varuna sooktham and other veda manthras. Then it will be knotted on the right hand . to be continued Then Angurarpanam= 5 mud paligai; paligai dhanyam : paddy,black ellu, black gram, green gram, kadugu. Soak in wate r the previous day itself. To clean 5 mud paligai punyahavachanam should be done. Place a brass sombu on some raw rice. pour water into the brass sombu. decorate the brass sombu with sandal paste and kumkumam and place mango leaf bun ch and turmeric pasted coconut and one koorcham. do punyahavachana manthra japam( pavamaana sooktham (4 times) . place in a tray 5 mud paligai pour some mud on them. First prokshanam of punyahavachana theertham to the mud paaligai. In In In In In do
the centre paligai aavaahanam of Brahma. the east side paligai avahanam of Indran. the south side yaman; the west side varunan. the north side somam. upachara pooja for these devadas.
Add milk in the paligai dhanyam and water, sastrigal must chant oshadhi sooktham now. First in the centre (Brahma paligai) pour some dhanyam with manthra first time a nd then without manthra pour the dhanyam 2 times. Then with other manthras for e ach from east ,south,west,north one time with manthras and 2 times without manth ram. Then say Om by touching each paligai. THen request 5 or 7 or 9 sumangalis to pou r the germinated seeds along with milky water. You have to give for these sumang alis sandal paste, kumkumam, flower, thamboolam and dakshinai. Then cover these paligai with mud and pour some water daily morning and evening and these things should be poured in the river or tank. ladies will do kummi dance to finish this function.
Hair cutting: Here comes homam So you need Homa kundam or 10 bricks and sand 5 k ilo; vratti 25 nos; srai 5kg; visiri; match box; camphor Start poorvangam portio n for Homam place near it the following items; Gold and Silver poonal; water; Dh arbhai koorcham; vasthram; ammi kal; palasa dhandam; deer skin; and Mounchi=Dhar bhai kairu. Do 8 homam with manthras and do jayadhi homam; Apply hot water on the boy's head to be continued With the help of knief and three dharbhai , cut thr hair and dharbhai from east. south.west.north directions separately each with chanting manthras. and put the hair under a athi tree. New poonal for the boy chanting usual manthras. Then kumara bhojanam. request br ahmacharis in even nos; 4 or 6 donate them 2 yards cotton dhoty and request them to take lunch along with this boy. This boy now will do parisheshanam and aapoc hana pranahoodhi along with other boys.lunch should be without kaaram and salt. that is sweets.
Then the barber will cut his hair. the boy has to take bath and should wear new clothes and marks in the forehead. now he has to wear silver and gold poonal. Th en place one samithu in the fire chanting manthras. In the northern side of the homa kundam place one ammi and request the boy to place his right leg on the amm i and chant manthras. Then he is wearing new vasthram chanting manthras. By chanting manthras he is wearing mounchi=dharbhai kair in his hip thrice clock wise. Then deer skin in his poonal. Then water prokshanam with manthras. Then by chanting manthras his guru will touch his hands.then the guru will requst the d evadas to protect him.Then guru upadesam. Then sankalpam for upanayanam. Then 11 homamas.Permission for guru upadesam; Graha preethi. Brahmopadesam. in a duly covered by pattu vasthram. samitha dhaanam. Then the bo y must take biksha first from his mother and then from all ladies. Pranava sradh a metha pooja: permission to do pranava sradha medha pooja;ganesa 16 upachara po oja, punyaha vachanam; graha preethy.AAvaahanam of pranava sradha metha and do 1 6 upachara pooja. Then do aavaahanam inthe homa kundam indran and eight thikku p aalakargal. Vasthra dhaanam to guru; palasa homam chanting 11 manthras Jayadhi homam; Guru d hakshinai; sthamba pooja eesaanaadhi sthamba pooja; aasirvaadham.harathy. Boy's Maternal grandfather ,Amman seer varisai: Silver and gold poonal; Brahmopa desa pattu; aasirvadha vesti; saree;silver pancha pathra uthirini; plate to rece ive bikshai rice .sweets,murukku. athirasam.thamboolam. manjal;kumkumam; flowers , plantain fruits.paruppu thengai. Inform caterer quantity of meals,tiffin,cofee for these 2 days. you may use naat haswaram cd; If required get rented shamiana, chairs, meals table. ; If you want to give gifts, buy them, bags required to put the thamboolam; fruit or coconut . You may call only your close relatives. You can do it in your house. Do it according to the financial position of the in dividual. In reply to upanayanam days i am giving here the details. First UTHIRAYANAM; Fro m 16 th january to 15th july every year is the best one. Tamil month MAASI month is good. STARS; aswathi;rohini; mirugasiesham;punarpoosam;poosam;uthiram; hasth am;chithrai;swathi; anusham; uthiraadam; thiruvonam; avittam; sadayam; uthiratha dhi; revathy. THITHI; dwithiyayi;thruthiyai; panchami; sapthami;dasami;ekadasi ;dwadasi;thrayo dasi, in sukla patcham. and in krishna patcham:dwithiyai, thruthiyay, and pancha mi. LAGNAM; rishabam;mithunam; katakam;kanni;thulam;dhanus; meenam. The eighth place from lagnam should be empty. without any planets. During the pe riod of mars asthamanam and/or neecham sama vedics should not do upanayanam. For rig vedis guru neecham or asthamanam; for yajur vedis sukrassthamanam or neecha m and for atharvana vedam budan neecham or asthaman should not be there for upan ayanam. THARA PALAM; CHANDRA PALAM MUST BE THERE. KASARA YOGAM IS A MUST. Panchagam must be seen. If required panchaka preethi must be done. Thyaajyam for thithi,star, day.and lagnam should be seen./checked. Un matching stars for subha muhurthangal; From the Birth star of one (male or fe male) 1,3,5,7,10,14,19,22, and 27 stars are not good. From the chandra rasi the 8th rasi 2 1/4 stars are not good. THITHI: chathurthy, shasty, astami;navami; dw adasi and chathurdasi are not good; YOGANGAL; Marana yogam;uthpadha yogam; Prabh alarishta yogam are not good. KARI NAAL AND DHANIYA NAAL should be avoided,
Rahu kalam; yama kandam; kuligai kalam; and tuesday and saturday are not good. f or upanayanam the very next day of the Brahmopadesam day should not be a anadhya yanam day. that is New moon and Fulmoon day the previous day and the next day of the newmoon and full moon day and krishna pathcha astami days are anadhyayanam days. you can chant the vedas which you have learned in the previous days. GURU BHALAM; If the guru is in lagnam, kendram;thirikonam or in ucchham thithi v aaram etc. dosham will not be there. If the chandran is on Rohini star no dosham for thithi, vaaram ,will be there. If there is on that particular month two new moon or two full moon or on that month no tamil madha pirappu or two tamil madh a pirapuu on the month subha muhurtham on these months should be avoided. chithr ai and vaikasi are exception for this rule. There are plenty of exceptions are a lso there. Requirements for upanayanam; upanayana poorvangam; turmeric powder 100n gram; ku nkumam 50 gram; sandal wood powder10 gram thodutha puspam saram 3 meter; coconut 4 nos; plantain fruit 25 nos; betel leaf 100 nos; betel nut 100 gram; paddy or wheat 2kg; raw rice 2 kg; black gram 250 gram; gingilly seeds 100 gram;plantain leaf 10 nos; mango tree leaf bunch 8 nos; paaligai 5 nos;cow's milk 250 milli; p aaligai saman paddy;gingilly seeds, black gram; green gram; kadugu total 100 gra ms. udhaka shanthi kudam 1; prathisara sombu 1; thambalam 4nos; kinnam 4; pancha pathra uthirini. haaram (maalai) for the boy 1 no. Anungai (Permission) ganesa pooja; navagraha preethi; punyaha vachanam; udhaka s hanthi japa dakshinai; oshadhi sooktham for paligai japa dakshinai;prathi sara j apa dakshinai; ayushya sooktha japa dakshinai; raksha bandhana graha preethi; na ndhi; buktha dakshinai vaadhyar dakshinai;punyahavachana japa dakshinai; nandhi dhakshinai;
Nandhi to satisfy and to get blessings of pithrus.; You can do by giving 9x5dhot y pancha pathra uthirini and meals and dakshinai; for ten persons; OR you can do with minimum 4 persons only by giving money after aavaahanam; for udaka santhi japam 6 sastrigals are required; For sumangalies minimum 5 nos who are adding the paligai saman in the paligai yo u have to give thamboolam flower sandanam and kunkumam and dakshinai. these nand hi and udaka santhi can be done the previous day to upanayanam only morning time is the best. Upanayanam and brahmopadesam; haaram for the boy 1 no; thodutha pushpam 2 meter; coconut 15 nos; plantain fruit 50 nos; betel leaves 100 nos; betel nut 100 gram s; seeval 100 gram or pakku pottalam ; paddy or wheat 2 kilo; raw rice 1 kilo; p lantain leaf 4 nos; deeksha vasthram 9 mulam 1; ghee 500 gram; havis 50 gram; ja ggary; curd; honey; kadugu; rice flour each 25 grams; ammi 1 no; small knief 1 n o; deer skin (maan thol) small piece; kumara bhojanam 4 mulam dhothi 2 nos; brah mopadesha pattu 1 no; silver poonal; gold poonal;bikshai raw rice 5 kilo; mud ma dagu big2 and small 8 nos; visiri4 nos; vratti 10 nos; umi and srai thool wooden pieces 2 kilo; biksha thambalam 2 nos; sundal and appam for neivedhyam ; Jadha karmadhi vaideeka vivaram; Ganapathy pooja; jadha karma anuggai; kaalaat heetha krichram; begining graha preethi; curd ;honey bali karana taking dhaanam; punyaha vachanam dakshinai; namakaranam and anna praasanam (food taking) and th en vapanam hair removal from head; upanayana anuggai; graha preethi; poonal puny
aha suddhi; kumara bhojana dakshinai; japa dakshinai; graha preethi; brahmopades a anuggai; graha preethi ;guru padha pooja; brahmopadesa dakshinai; samidha dhan a anuggai; graha preethi; mathru bikshai; saathgunyam; vadhyar sambhavanai;; You can start from head hair cutting if you have already done naamakaranam and a nnapraasanam and jadhakarma; I have written here for those people who have not d one jadha karma and naamakaranam and annapraasnam; Seer from boy's mother's fath er side: gold and silver poonal;aasirvada dhothy and saree blouse ;thaambalam; p ancha pathra uthurini in silver or in copper;brahmopadesa pattu vasthram.raw ric e for bikshai.sweets and murukku; Naandhi= Ab udhaya srardham Viswedevar 2 persons; mother vargam 2 persons; fathe r vargam 2 persons; mother's parents vargam 2 persons;Maha vishnu 2 persons; tot al 10 persons; you can give them raw rice with some green gram dhall and monthan plantain kaai; with poonal and dakshinai in 10 plantain leaves;or you can do th is with minimum 5 persons according to financial status of the individual. abbud hayam means the growth of dharma artha and kamam. For these to grow you are doin g aaradhanai to pithru devas. prarthana let the devathas make me to think always good deeds to others; and the pithrus say yes to this. these portions are taken from yajur vedha aapasthamba poorva prayogam book written by anna of Ramakrishn a mutt.and pub liswhed by surabi jagathguru sadhapthi publications chennai 33. Angurarpanam;=5 paaligai prayer to brahma in the centre; east indran; south yama n; west varunan (water devatha) north soman to fulfill all our desires and to ma ke the function every success. this means that we have started the function as p er sastra method. Prathisara bandham= wearing the thread in the hand, for males Right hand and for females left hand; kanganam katti kolluthal he has decided full heartedly to do this function. samidha dhanam= After upanayanam he becomes brahma chari and daily after sandhya vandhanam and gayathri japam. he has to do in the morning and evening daily sam idha dhanam.homam with 12 samithu. chowlam= kudumi vaippathu=It should be done in the end of first or third year. a long with darbai you have to cut the hair of the boy on four directions with man thras and put the hair in a mud pot along with cow dung and it should be thrown away at the foot of athi tree. Mother or one brahmachari must be near the kartha to receive the removed hair and dharbai. Ammi midhithal= along with manthra the boy should say that he will withstand pro blems boldly. The boy has to wear a new dhothi now and a megalai( a thread made from three dharbai 2 metre long) with manthras. Kumara bhojanam along with brahm achari's without salt and sour ; pranava sradha medha pooja On those days it was done on the 4th day. now a days it is impossible and we are doing on the upanayanam day and aasirvadham to the b oy. Only after upanayanam he is eligible to learn vedam. Father; Father's father; fa ther's brother ;elder brother or the old man of the same gothram;are the first g rade eligible people to do brahmopadssam. widowcan be done uptaers should not do brahmopadasam.AApasthambar 1-27 upanayanam can be done to the boy upto the age of 16. Brahmachari should not sleep during day time;should notTAKE supari and th amboolam; should not see dance programes; only limited movement with ladies; to be continued
