The doula and birthing expert is expecting with her Coronation Street star husband Sam, who has played Chesney Brown in the soap since 2003. The couple are already parents to Sonny, three and Daisy, ...

Two girls, granddaughters of late green crusader judge Bhagabati Prasad Banerjee, have undergone a thread ceremony, departing from the tradition of only boys undertaking the ritual. The move has drawn ...

A family revisited a long-forgotten Vedic practice when they put their 8-yr-old daughter through the thread ceremony at the hands of women priests. MUMBAI: A family in Thane revisited a long-forgotten ...

BENGALURU: A city-based couple, parents of twins- a boy and girl, have broken stereotypes by conducting an Upanayana (thread ceremony) for both their children. Advocate Kshama Nargund and her husband ...

An invite to a poite or sacred thread ceremony of a 16-year-old got me thinking. Would this poor chap manage to wear it through the muggy summers and muggier monsoons, no matter the blink-and-you-miss ...

Ananda and Sohini Bandyopadhyay organised an upanayan that was loyal to their family traditions, while doing away with patriarchal ones Despite growing up in Seattle, Hrid and Heeya find themselves ...

Acharya Balkrishna celebrates the Upanayan ceremony at Patanjali Ayurveda College, highlighting the spiritual meaning of Yajnopavit.

Remember when the Heisman ceremony used to be appointment viewing? Ah, the 2000s. These days I have to Google to even know what time the ceremony is on (6 PM CT, on ABC.) Also, remember when the ...