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Ceremonies, about 30 Sept to 8 Oct 2027

Tirumala Brahmotsavam and hair offering

The great yearly festival of the Venkateswara temple at Tirumala, where pilgrims in their thousands offer their hair.

Offering hair is one of the best-known vows at the Venkateswara temple on the hills above Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. Pilgrims of every age, women as well as men, have their heads shaved at the temple's tonsuring halls, the Kalyana Katta, as thanks or as a sign of giving up pride. Many also bring babies for the mundan, the first shaving of the head. Crowds are largest at the nine-day Brahmotsavam in September or October. The temple sells the collected hair at auction, and much of it is made into wigs and extensions. The 2027 dates shown are an estimate until the temple publishes them.

Hairstyles tied to Tirumala Brahmotsavam and hair offering

Head shaving in HinduismTonsure as a vow and the mundan of babiesFirst haircutMany babies have their first shave at TirumalaHair extensionsWhere much of the offered hair ends up

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