Why the Indian tradition on shaving a babies head?
By CRiley27
@CRiley27 (983)
United States
March 2, 2007 4:13pm CST
I was reading an article where is stated an Indian tradition is to shave the hair off babies whne they are 8months old and they bring the hair to a temple. Can anyone tell me the purpose for this. I am just curious. :)
1 response
@serenidity (641)
• India
3 Mar 07
It is believed that the hair that a child is born with has to be shaved off. Also, shaving the first hair off leads to better hair growth in future and since if anything is made a religious offering, chances are people will have more faith in it. Thats why its done in a temple. I quite like the custom, babies have known to have better hair if their hair is haved off beofre the first year.
