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considered obligatory by elders. On the eve of my going to England, however, I got rid of the shikha, lest when I was bareheaded it should expose me to ridicule and make me look, as I then thought, a barbarian in the eyes of the Englishmen. In fact this cowardly feeling carried me so far that in South Africa I got my cousin Chhaganlal Gandhi, who was religiously wearing the shikha, to do away with it. I feared that it might come in the way of his public work and so, even at the risk of paining him, I made him get rid of it.
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He was pained to miss the shikha (tuft of hair) on my head and the sacred thread about my neck and said: 'It pains me to see you, a believing Hindu, going without a sacred thread and the shikha. These are the two external symbols of Hinduism and every Hindu ought to wear them.' ... he shikha was
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The persons belonging to Vasishtha Gotra should keep the tuft towards the right part of the hair; those of Atri and Kashyapa, on both sides; of Bhrigu, shaven; of Angiras, five-tufts, for the sake of auspiciousness; others according to the custom of their
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enters the body during birth and leaves after death, and hence is also considered to be the focal point of the spirit. A devotee who wears the tuft is considered to be able to face any event in life with composure in this tradition. The
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ceremony removed childhood locks of hair similar to the shikha, in India, this prepubescent hairstyle is left to grow throughout the man's life, though usually only the most religious men will continue this hairstyle.
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Having combed the hair in silence, he arranges the locks which are left over, according to the fashion of his ancestral Rishi or according to what family he belongs.
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It is prescribed to be worn at the centre of the head because this is believed to be the region of the body that the deity
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of religious ceremonies. Atonement is prescribed for removing the tuft with the performance of a penance called the
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prescribes wearing the tuft when bathing, offering alms, offering oblations to the fire, and during prayer.
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The arrangement of the tuft is offered various descriptions, differing among scholars and communities. The
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is regarded to spiritually reside and a fountain of light is said to originate. According to the school of
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states that on the occasion of a sacrifice, all hair and beard with the exception of the
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of a boy is to be arranged in accordance with the customs of his family.
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is regarded to have gained prominence during the composition of the
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Traditionally, Hindu men shave off all their hair as a child in a
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Hindu saṁskāras: socio-religious study of the Hindu sacraments
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An Autobiography: Or, The Story of My Experiments with Truth
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The Panini Office Bhuvaneswari Asrama Bahadurganj (1909).
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The Panini Office Bhuvaneswari Asrama Bahadurganj (1909).
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Index

French braid

Sanskrit
romanized
Hindu
tonsure
Brahmins
temple priests
Sanskrit
Kannada
Hindi
Bengali
Bhojpuri
Malayalam
Tamil
Odia
Nepali
Smriti
twice-born
yajnopavita
merit
Brahma
Tantra
human spirit
Manusmriti
Sutra
Katyayana Grhya Sutra
samskāra
chudakarana
sahasrara

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