Hair places
Cities, streets and sacred sites where hair styles were born, cut and offered. 7 places so far.
South Asia
Sacred site, IndiaAmritsarThe city of the Golden Temple, at the heart of Sikh kesh, uncut hair, and the dastar, the turban.Sacred site, IndiaHaridwarWhere the Ganges leaves the Himalaya: mundan at Har Ki Pauri and the matted locks of sadhus at the Kumbh.Sacred site, IndiaPalaniA hill temple of Murugan where devotees shave their heads and coat them in sandalwood paste.Sacred site, IndiaTirumalaThe hill temple of Venkateswara, where pilgrims offer their hair at the Kalyanakatta tonsure halls.Sacred site, IndiaTriveni Sangam, PrayagrajThe meeting of rivers where couples perform veni daan, the offering of a wife's plait, and pilgrims shave before bathing.Sacred site, IndiaVaranasi ghatsThe riverside steps of the Ganges where children have their mundan and mourners shave their heads.