Preparation of three-strand pure cotton thread for yajnopaveetham is as follows.
Those who prepare muppiri poonal should be clean and should occupy or sit in clean place.
Eligible Vedic Brahmins, Sumangalis, Kannyakas, and Widows who observe the correct austerities can weave the thread used for this. Those who prepare poonal must encircle (tie round their fingers) their fingers of right hand having each circle of unbroken continuous thread having length of four inches and the thread should be encircled thus for ninety six times. After that, they divide the unbroken thread equally into three sections and then they make them hold fast by spiralling together very tightly.
Then you should adjust this strengthened thread into three equal circles together and tie the ends securely covering all the three equal circles of thread together.
This gives one set of muppiri nool or poonal.
Vedic Brahmins chant Mantrams like Gayatri or Vedic Sookthams while making the final knot, which we call brahma kattu or mudichu.
One should wear the three strand poonal across the torso with one part covering the left shoulder and the other part hanging just above the hip, just up to navel. If for some reason the poonal is longer and goes below navel, the brahma kattu tied should be made bgger by spiralling part of the thread ,and the brahma mudichu can be at be of the size of a seed of payaru.. Pulse or pea seed.
The rule among Brahmins of Tamil Nadu and migrants from there is that the unmarried male wears a set of one strand and a grihasta or the one who had undergone samavartanam wears two strands and the grihasta wears an additional set of poonal to substitute for uthareeyam.
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