In English
Significance of offering your hair to God
In olden days, people going on pilgrimage to used to climb the hills step by step chanting the name , , as they climbed each step. Thus the pilgrimage was performed with sincere devotion and . But, these days people go by buses and cars, gossiping all the while, and indulging in unholy pursuits. The tonsure ceremony in which one shaves his head completely and offers his hair to the Lord of signifies your giving up your (ignorance and lethargy) which is symbolised by the hair on the head. The hair is black. Giving up the hair indicates giving up . You have to assimilate .