#sacred thread

Oct 12, 2019

Salman Khan is all set to bring his Chulbul Pandey avatar on screen again. This one will be directed by Prabhudeva, and recently, he shared the teaser of the film on social media. From the khaki vardi, aviator glasses to the pencil mooch, the actor is sporting it all once again as seen in the glimpses of the third installment of the franchise. What one can’t miss is the red-yellow thread tied around his wrist. Interestingly, just like the upcoming film, the poster of Dabangg 2 had also featured Salman wearing a sacred thread around his wrist. He had also sported the same in part one of the franchise. 

The actor’s costume designer and good friend Ashley Rebello reveals that he got this thread from the holy destination of Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). He said, “Back in 2010, during Dabangg, we got these sacred threads from a shop in Varanasi. People from UP (Uttar Pradesh) wear this thread around their wrist. Since Salman’s character hails from UP, we made him wear that in the film. Thankfully, we had bought hundreds of these threads from the puja shop. It’s been nearly ten years, and we are still using these threads for the franchise. Guess we were prepared for the forthcoming sequels since then (laughs!).”

Being the first and only woman law student at Oxford, Cornelia Sorabji found the male dons patronizing. She wrote of one of them: ‘I wish he would treat me like a man and not make gallant speeches about my “intellect” and “quickness of perception”....He is frightfully apologetic, too, and wonders if he is not wasting my time when coaching me.’ She put up with his ‘eccentricities in consideration of his mental value’. Ayahs, Lascars and Princes: The Story of Indians in Britain 1700-1947.

The painting featured in the post is from Sorabji’s Sun Babies [studies in the child-life of India] and depicts the “wives and mothers of the Parsi priesthood weaving the sacred thread” sketched for Sorabji by a friend.

L'Upanayana est un rite de passage de l'hindouisme pratiqué en particulier par la caste des brahmanes. Il marque chez l'enfant le début de l'étude des textes sacrés: les Védas, et de l'éducation en général. Les membres des trois castes supérieures sont alors initiés, deviennent des "deux-fois nés" (dvija) et reçoivent un cordon sacré, Le Yajnopavita, constitué de façon symbolique de trois fibres nouées et tressées. Il est en coton pour les brahmanes (prêtres et enseignants), chanvre pour les kshatriyas (guerriers et dirigeants) et en laine pour les vaishyas (marchands et commerçants). Ce cordon se porte de l'épaule gauche à la hanche droite. Il remplacé régulièrement, de façon à pouvoir être porté pendant toute la vie. On voit les deux cordons (ancien et nouveau) sur l'homme à droite lors d'une cérémonie de changement de cordon.

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Brahmarshi Forum Plans Eighth Annual Ritual in Sidhgora Key Points: 41 Participants Confirmed for Sacred Thread Ceremony Event to Be Held at Amal Sangh Ground Bihar Priests Team to Conduct Rituals JAMSHEDPUR – A mass sacred thread ceremony will be held on April 19 and 20 in Sidhgora with 41 participants confirmed so far. The Brahmarshi Vikas Manch announced the event during a press briefing.…

cord, (c C10th-13th) gold length: 150cm

part of the Surigao Treasure, discovered , 1981