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Varanasi, August 18 (HS). On Monday, on the full moon day of Shravan month, people of Brahmin community will perform 'Shravani Upkarma' on the banks of Ganga. Brahmin community will worship Maa Gayatri and Lord Bhaskar to mitigate known and unknown sins by performing Shravani Upkarma amidst chanting of Vedic mantras. After drinking Panchgavya (cow ghee, cow milk, cow dung, cow urine) and bathing in Ganga, people of the community will follow the Rishi tradition. Along with this, the old sacred thread will be replaced and the new Yagyopaveet will be worn after consecrating it with Gayatri Mantra. Dr. Mridul Mishra of Shiv Aradhana Samiti said that the ancient tradition of Shravani Upkarma was started by sages and saints on the banks of rivers since ancient times. The entire ritual of Shravani Upkarma is considered similar to second birth and the person is called Dwij. He said that Upkarma means “to begin”. Upakarana means “invitation to initiate” or “to bring near”. In Vedic times, this was the time when students gathered near their Guru to study Vedas. The auspicious day of Shravan Shukla Paksha Poornima coincides with ‘Raksha Bandhan’ and Shravani Upakarma is a holy coincidence. This auspicious day holds a lot of importance especially for the Brahmin community.
He told that the first thing in Upakarma is 'Hemaadri bathing resolution as atonement'. In the presence of the Guru, the brahmachari takes a bath with cow's milk, curd, ghee, cow dung and cow urine and holy kusha and atones for the sins committed knowingly or unknowingly throughout the year and fills his life with positivity. After the bath, Rishi Pujan, Suryaopasthan and Yagyopavit Pujan are done and a new Yagyopavit is worn. Yagyopavit or Janeu is a ritual of self-restraint. On this day, those who have already undergone Yagyopavit Sanskar, take off the old Yagyopavit and wear a new one and also worship the old Yagyopavit. It is considered that a person is born again with this Sanskar. It means that the person who is self-restrained gets a second birth with the Sanskar and is called 'Dwij'. The third aspect of Upakarma is self-study.
