TIRUMALA: Grow hair, get laddus. In its endeavour to generate more revenue through the sale of human hair, the(TTD) has decided to reward those women devotees who donate their long hair by getting it tonsured. Accordingly, each woman devotee who donates hair measuring 31 inches will be gifted five laddus."The engineering department is currently making arrangements near Sudarshan Choultry for head ...
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Hyderabad, Jul 12: At least 70 students from the Osmania University have tonsured their head and will parcel the hair to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, said students.The students tonsured their heads in an effort to show the government their agitation and support for the formation of a separate state - Telangana.“We will not stop there. We are also making arrangements to send out signatures with...
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Thirty-four year old Mahesh M, a resident of Ramamurthy Nagar, tonsured his head as a symbolic gesture. "I am walking to Delhi to show what the government and politicians have done to our land and forests. By tonsuring my head, I wanted to tell people that politicians have cut down forests and grabbed agricultural land. If this continues, they will push us to abject poverty,"...
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a novel way of expressing their solidarity with Gandhian Anna Hazare in his crusade against corruption, about 100 people today tonsured their heads in the city.A group of 100 people assembled near the Koyambedu Market area and tonsured their heads and painted the tricolour on their faces.The people, who were in the age group of 25 to 35, also observed a day's token fast in support of Anna Hazare.One...
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Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Kaikaluru MLA Jayamangala Venkata Ramana today got his head tonsured in front of the electrical sub-station in the town, to protest against long hours of power cuts. The MLA went to the sub-station in a procession along with a large number of TDP activists led by MP K Narayana and MLA Umameshwara Rao.He got his head tonsured in front of the sub-station amid slogan shouting...
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SAMBALPUR: Ten villagers were arrested for allegedly tonsuring a woman and assaulting her at a village in Sambalpur district, police said on Friday. The accused suspected the 42-year-old woman of being involved in the death of her daughter's lover.station area on Thursday afternoon. The woman complained to police that some youths dragged her out of her home, shaved her head and blackened her face....
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Suspecting his wife of having an illicit relationship, a man allegedly tonsured his wife's head and hanged her upside down in Mall area here, police said on Friday.The accused Shiv Kumar, who was in an inebriated state, beat his wife on October three, tied her hands and then tonsured herThe accused along with his brothers then hanged her upside down and left the place after throwing chilly powder on...
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Touched by the gesture of tonsured fans, Rajinikanth has decided to pay homage to them. The actor will be soon visiting to Palani Murugan temple, where his ardent admirers shaved their heads as a vow of tonsure for the actor's speedy recovery.Reports say that the superstar wants to respect their belief and their love for him. Adding to that he is a spiritual person and always love to visit temples....
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from Tirupati.If wigmakers and e-traders are to be believed, many foreign film stars have begun donning wigs made of hair tonsured at the Balaji temple in Tirumala, some 750km from Hyderabad. Over 15,000 heads, including those of at least 5,000 women, are shaved daily at Tirumala.Since 2011, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) has earned Rs 200 crore in e-auctions of hair donated by devotees as...
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temples in south India devotees travel for hundreds of miles and queue for hours to have their hair tonsured, or ritually shavedQuotes...
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