The use of the umbrella, sacred thread, golden staff, the insignia of Garuda, and the playing of the bheri were also allowed to them.
The couple seat themselves on the dais, and the Brahman, having repeated some mantras, gives a sacred threadto the bridegroom to place over his shoulders.
When they enter the interior shrine of temples for work in connection with the image of a god, or with the temple flagstaff, the Asari and Musari temporarily wear a sacred thread, which is a rare privilege.
Social customs The Rajputs wear the sacred thread, but many of them have abandoned the proper upanayana or thread ceremony, and simply invest boys with it at their marriage.
A Bhatra or member of a forest tribe was observed wearing the sacred thread, and, on being questioned, stated that his grandfather had purchased the right from the Raja for Rs.
Those belonging to the Vadtya clan still wear the sacred thread.
It is noted, in the Census Report, 1901, that the temple servants wear the sacred thread, and employ Brahmans as priests.
The contracting couple sit together, and a sacred thread is given to the bridegroom by the officiating priest.
The Satanis shave the whole head, and the Sanyasis have no sacred thread.
In some places, the purohits give the bridegroom a sacred thread, which is finally thrown into a tank or well.
For this reason they wear a sacred threadat their marriages and funerals.
Sita is said to have worn a yagnopavitam (sacred thread).
A single triple string (sacred thread) is worn irrespective of civil condition.
Brahmans serve as their priests, and they invest boys with the sacred thread either at marriage or at a special ceremony known as Gurmukh.
There are both Vaishnavites and Jains among them, and the Vaishnavite Khandelwals wear the sacred thread.
At the conclusion of this the Brahman invests the bridegroom with a sacred thread, which he thereafter continues to wear.
They are addressed as Thakur, a title applied to Rajputs, and Lodhi landowners usually wear the sacred thread.
Copper is also a sacred metal, and the Tameras rank next to the Sunars among the artisan castes, with the Kasars or brass-workers a little below them; both these castes sometimes wearing the sacred thread.
The more ambitious members abjure all flesh-food and liquor and wear the sacred thread.
Members of the above castes usually wear the sacred threadwhich is the mark of the Dwija or twice-born, the old Brahmans, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sacred thread" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
