Upanayana
![Upanayana sanskara ceremony in progress. Typically, this ritual was for 8 year olds in ancient India, but in the 1st millennium AD it became open to all ages.[1]](/uploads/202502/19/A_yagyopaveet_sanskar_upanayana_samskara_in_Nepal2806.jpg)


Upanayana is one of the traditional saṃskāras (rites of passage) that marked the acceptance of a student by a guru (teacher) and an individual's entrance to a school in Hinduism. The tradition is widely discussed in ancient Sanskrit texts of India and varies regionally.