Why is deer skin allowed while performing Hindu rituals?

Mind you only the skin of a deer that had died to natural causes is used. The deer skin is used as a mat to sit on as it is soft. During upanayanam or the sacred thread ceremony a small piece of deer skin is tied to the sacred thread to endow the owner with health, wealth and prosperity. read more

The deer skin is used as a mat to sit on as it is soft. During upanayanam or the sacred thread ceremony a small piece of deer skin is tied to the sacred thread to endow the owner with health, wealth and prosperity. Also the brahmachari has a deer skin tied to his waist so as to make him bright in intellect. read more

Earlier, rituals were like everything in any occasion in Hindus, but now they are only a part of the whole occasion because now our lifestyle is different which forced us to make the rituals less complicated or completely do away with some of the rituals. read more