Respected Readers: In my unread experience with a child born and brought up in the States we waited until he was old enough to understand what exactly he was going to undergo. He needed to understand it as a right of passage. That not only was it expected of him as the son of a Shrivaishnava it was also his duty to recite the Gayatri regularly. I feel that because of this he wears his poonol to school everyday. He does not perform the Sandhyavandanam regularly. It is my fault because I do not push for it. I believe that everything comes as God regulates. Performing upanayanam in India with lots of children who have undergone/are undergoing the function makes it easier for the boys in India to have the upanayana early. Now he has seen his friends in US having their Bar Mitzvahs and he understands his position as a Hindu much better. He had just turned 12 when we had his Brahmopadesham this summer in Bangalore. As people who know me will tell you that I have no authority to give you any advice on so complicated a subject, I am only writing to tell you how it has helped our oldest son grow as a proud Hindu in a small US town with not too many Indians unlike NJ or NY or California or a temple. The closest temple for us is the Pittsburgh SVTemple which is almost 3 hours away!! Humbly Mytri ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/O2aXmA/I_qJAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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