Chapter 443 [At the Sacred Ceremony]

Don’t look at the adults of the Singh family. The children have been stuck at home for three days, eating vegetarian food and taking baths every day. In fact, these three days are a preparation time for the Brahman temple, because the ceremony of wearing the holy thread is a treatment enjoyed by children of high castes.

This is an adult ceremony. If a child does not go through this ceremony, he will not be recognized by the customs of Indian society, just like establishing his identity. In addition, Bel Singh has a high status in Sinjar Town, and the Singh family’s status in the Sinjar Temple is also quite high. In addition, Tagore’s identity is the eldest son and direct heir of the family. Can he be careless?

So the old housekeeper notified the Sinjar Temple the next day and told him that the elder in the temple is actually the head of the Brahman priests, equivalent to the abbot of the Chinese temple. Prepare for this ceremony, don’t put 6 million rupees in cash in the box, and hand it to the elder in person. Money makes things easier, money makes ghosts push mills, and money makes gods appear.

When the box was opened, there was a full 6 million rupees. The priests of the entire Sinjar Temple were all excited. They hadn't made any donations for many years, and now such a generous noble lord appeared. After all, the Sinjar Temple is in a remote small town in Sinjar Town. There are many believers around, but they are all poor and miserable. The ones who can enter the temple to worship are all high-caste lords, but how many are there? They can be counted on fingers.

There are few high-caste noble lords, and ordinary believers are also poor. How much can they offer to the temple during the big and small festivals every year. These Brahmin priests do nothing except chanting scriptures. Very few of them go out for rituals to earn some extra money, and their lives are also very difficult.

Of course, this difficulty is relative. Their lives are much better than those of ordinary people. Today, they saw the offering of 6 million rupees. The whole temple was so happy that it was boiling. It was learned that three days later, Tagore, the eldest son of the Singh family, would wear the holy thread, and the entire Sinjar Temple was mobilized.

The old priest directed the young priest to start cleaning the temple inside and out, front and back, almost catching up with the yellow soil for the street. If it was really dangerous, they hired people to do it. It took a day to decorate the whole temple. This was because they were not in a hurry. If they were in a hurry, the temple would have to be repainted.

After cleaning, they began to prepare the tools for the ritual, as well as consumables, such as various flowers and various delicious foods for offering to the gods. They took out the palm leaf scriptures that had been passed down for hundreds of years and put them in the sun to dry. Anyway, it was just preparation work, which was carried out busy and orderly.

In particular, the holy thread made of linen thread worn by Tagore, the eldest son of the Singh family, was woven by the elder of the Singh Temple himself. The woven linen thread was woven carefully, and every movement of the hands had to be coordinated with a verse recited in the mouth.

After weaving a distance, a small ritual would be held to celebrate, and then the ball of linen thread would be wound around a pure gold thread bobbin. The total length can reach about ten meters, why is it so long? Isn't it just a holy thread worn on the wrist? Why is it so long?

No matter how you Indians do, you really need to pay attention to the holy thread on your wrist, but in production and life, it will definitely be damaged. No matter how you pay attention to it, it is woven from linen thread, and it has places where it is worn, so it must be replaced every year.

The holy thread woven without the chanting of Brahmin priests and rituals is not endowed with sacred power, and there is no way to protect the life, property, safety and health of this noble young master. The high-caste noble lords wear the holy thread as a sacred object, and it is sacred and inviolable.

It is not possible to wear a holy thread woven from three strands of hemp rope casually on your wrist, because it has no power. According to the regulations of Hinduism, you should wash your body in the holy river and holy lake during the full moon festival in late August, and then take off the old holy thread.

Wearing a new holy thread, the elders, parents, or grandparents of the family will wear it on the children. If you don't have elders, you need your brothers and sisters. They are your closest relatives anyway. If you have no brothers, your uncles and grandpas can also wear the holy thread.

But you can't go to the temple to ask for a holy thread every time you wear it. The first time you go to the temple to ask for a holy thread, you have to pay. Brahmin priests can't work in vain, so rich families will donate a large sum of money to the temple every few years to let the temple's elders chant scriptures and pray while weaving the holy thread.

Then take it home and put it on the side of the shrine for worship. If the holy thread is damaged or too dirty. If you can't wear it, change it, because this is the treatment of the noble young master, and the ordinary Shudra is not qualified to wear the holy thread.

So the ceremony of praying for children in the temple for baptism and wearing the holy thread is very complicated, and it takes several days to prepare. Early in the morning, the Singh family, whether men, women, old or young, all dressed up and sat in the car. Lina held too many in her arms. The family happily came to the Sinjar Temple in Sinjar Town.

But today is not an important traditional Hindu festival, so the temple is very quiet, and other idlers are waiting here to make trouble. Today, we will pick up members of the Singh family, and everyone else should step back. The Singh family has already gotten off the car, and the young priests standing at the entrance of the temple will hold flower baskets and scatter petals.

Before entering the temple, take off your shoes and walk into the temple barefoot. This is a Hindu rule that must be followed no matter which temple you are in. Then come to the main hall of the temple and worship the Brahman god. Men touch the stone pillar that symbolizes the reproductive organ of the Brahman god. The name is Linga.

Then come to the back hall. The number of people who followed Zhang Lao to the back hall has been reduced by more than half. Only important members of the Singh family, Bel Singh, brought several women in the family. There are also the old housekeeper, the father-in-law and the mother-in-law, the eldest brother-in-law, and the younger brother-in-law. Only then can they enter the back hall and sit on something like a cushion.

Right in front is the scene of the master. There are the great elders of the temple, the great priest is in charge personally, holding the young master Tagore in his arms. Use a basin of clear water. It is said that this basin of clear water is holy water taken back from the Ganges. As for whether it is, it is unknown, after all, this place is far from Henghe.

First wash the child's head, then the body and finally the feet. The ice-cold water is unbearable for a baby who has just been born for a few months, even in summer. So the little guy cried and made a fuss. The louder he cried, the healthier the child was. People around him would only cheer loudly and would not stop him. After the baptism was completed, he was wiped clean with a red and white silk towel and then put on clothes.

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