🇮🇳 Hairstyles of India
18 hairstyles from India, best known first.
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDastar
A turban worn by Sikhs to cover uncut hair and signify faith.Wrapped · Any hair · 1699
🇮🇳 IndiaPunjabi paranda
A multicoloured silk braid extension from Punjab.Adorned · Any hair
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreFirst haircut
A rite of passage marking a child's first hair cutting across various cultures and faiths.Shaved · Any hair
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreGajra
Flower garland worn in the hair or on the wristAdorned · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaHead shaving in Hinduism
A ritual act of head shaving in Hinduism for purification, mourning, and devotion.Shaved · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaGhoonghat
A headscarf worn by married women in parts of India to cover the face.Wrapped · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaTonsure
A religious practice of cutting or shaving scalp hair to signal devotion, humility, or clerical status.Shaved · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaShikha
A traditional Hindu tuft of hair kept at the crown after shaving the rest of the head.Shaved · Any hair
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHair extensions
Cosmetic additions of human or synthetic hair attached to natural hair for length and volume.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreWig
Artificial head covering made from human, animal or synthetic hair.Wrapped · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaKerala bridal jasmine plait
Long braid wrapped in fresh jasmine garlands for Kerala brides.Braid · Any hair
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreBengali khopa
Traditional centre-parted bun worn by Bengali brides.Updo · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaAmbada
Decorated Maharashtrian bridal hair bunUpdo · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaSadhana cut
A soft fringe hairstyle popularised by Bollywood actress Sadhana in the 1960s.Fringe · Any hair · 1960
🇮🇳 IndiaParanda
A colourful woven tassel braided into Punjabi hairAdorned · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaPoola Jada
A floral and jewelled adornment for South Indian bridal braids.Adorned · Any hair
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tonsure: Pietro Perugino, Public domain, source
- First haircut: https://www.flickr.com/people/69061470@N05, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dastar: Photography by Harkanwal Singh., CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Head shaving in Hinduism: Napoleon is back, CC0, source
- Ghoonghat: sushmita balasubramani, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shikha: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Wig: David Ring, CC0, source
- Hair extensions: Eunicehair, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gajra: Amarnath, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Punjabi paranda: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source