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Why do people get their head shaved when they visit Tirupati Balaji??
It is a popular belief that donating hair helps in getting rid of sins and ego. Every day, thousands of devotees at Tirupati Balaji temple donate their hair to the Balaji.
Why do people get their head shaved when they visit Tirupati Balaji??
It is a popular belief that donating hair helps in getting rid of sins and ego. Every day, thousands of devotees at Tirupati Balaji temple donate their hair to the Balaji.
The reason behind hair donation is that bhagwan Venkateshwara repays his loan taken from Lord Kuber. It is believed that HE gives you 10 times more value in the form of money than what the devotees donate hair at the Tirupati Balaji temple. It is said that whoever donates their
hair is blessed by Maa Lakshmi. Here, not only men, but women also donate their hair after the vow is fulfilled.
According to another popular belief, once in ancient times, a mountain of ants was formed on the deity of Bhagwan Balaji. A cow used to visit here and go to the
According to another popular belief, once in ancient times, a mountain of ants was formed on the deity of Bhagwan Balaji. A cow used to visit here and go to the
mountain of ants to give the milk. Seeing this, the owner of the cow got very angry and he hit the cow's head with an axe. Balaji was wounded by this blow and some of his hair also fell out. Maa Neela Devi cut her hair and placed it on Balaji's wound. As soon as Neela
Devi put her hair on the wound, his wound was healed. Pleased with this, Narayan said that hair is the most important part of the beauty of the body and seeing the Goddess sacrifice her hair really impressed him.
Sri Venkatesha promised that his devotees will shave Hair of
Sri Venkatesha promised that his devotees will shave Hair of
their head (tonsure) and dedicate their hair to her. Neela Devi accepts the hair sacrificed by Devotees of Venkatesha(Vishnu) and Prabhu blesses his devotees who sacrifice their hair for the sake of the Lord. This is the reason why Devotees tonsure/shave their head in Tirumala.
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